Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books (1773)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear’s Head, in Pater-Noster-Row · leaf 183
fwaddling Bands ; Its griftly Bones not hardend into Strength, Its Legs can only ftretch a little Length. Much Time is fpent ere Rcafon peeps abroad. Or ere the lifping Tongue its Thoughts unload. A Go-cart helps its little Feet along. Its luUd aileep with Nurfes dreaming Song. Anon a Babyor a… … Youth is a giddy, liair-brand Thing,And feems as born to laugh and fing ;Joy is its Bent; but thought and CareLet older heads and Shoulders bear. [ isi 3 HIEROGLYPHICK X. r 0 U T H, NOW the Youths arrivd at Twenty,Frilklng, playing, wild and gay ;1/ of Riches he has Plenty, Thefe by handfuls throws…
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