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Quarles' emblems (1861)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867, Rogers, W. Harry (William Harry), 1825-1873, Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver, Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver, Dundas, Judith, 1927-2008, former owner. IU-R, Leighton Son & Hodge, binders. IU-R · London : James Nisbet and Co., Berners Street · leaf 28

An illustration from Quarles' emblems, 1861, leaf 28
Even in laughter the Jieart is sorrowful; and the end ofthat mirth is heaviness.—Prov. XIV. 13. Alas ! fond child,How are thy thoughts beguildTo hope for honey from a nest of wasps ?Thou mayst as wellGo seek for ease in hell,Or sprightly nectar from the mouth of asps. The worlds a hive,From whence…

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