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 87
left wiih God his Promife he Ihould break : Fears his Repentance fhould not be fmcere ; Laments his Want of Fervericy in Prayr. His ftedfaft Hopes, tho founded on a Rock, When Tenipefts rage, can hardly bear the Shock. Faith fometimes glimmers with a weakly Ray, And mental Horrors quite exclude the… … Well may he weep a Flood of Tears,Who feels the Weight of Sins he bears ;Sins which have made his God his Foe,And brondit on him a World of Woe, [85 ] EMBLEM \aiL True Pmtence. WEEP, weep, my Soul, a tearful Flood,Weep till thy Stock of Waters gone ;Then weep again with Tears of BloodThe fad…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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