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 191
t ; tis Afternoon.The Fruits when ripend on their Mother Tree,In Autumn falUng to the Ground we fee.Thus Man, fo far advancd, will furely feelHis ftiffning Joints reluctant to his Will.His wafted Juices will no more affordThofe ftrengthning Succours which to Life accord.High Time it is Accounts he… … Sixiy is come, with Silver Locks,-Death at his Door gives warning Knocks :Nature and Strength are both decayd jHis Deatli-bed too i« reitd^y iifede. [ i89 ]HIEROGLYPHICK XIV, Old Jse. LOW is the wafted Taper grown.Which late fo vigorouPiy fhone jThe lengthend Snafr doei dimly burn.And Toon will…
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