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Quarles' Emblems (1800)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · New York : N. Tibbals and Co · leaf 33

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nd what is the world, but a brittlething full of dangers, wherein we travel from lesser to greaterperils ? O let all her vain, light, momentary glory perishwith herself, and let us be conversant with more eternalthings. Alas! this world is miserable; life is short, anddeath is sure. Epig. 4.My…

Emblems · Christian poetry, English · English poetry

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