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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 40

An illustration from Quarles' emblems, 1861, leaf 40
^^^^^^^^- All is vanity and vexation of spirit.—ECCLES. II. 17. How is the anxious soul of man befoold In his desire,That thinks an hectic fever may be coold In flames of fire ?Or hopes to rake full heaps of burnishd gold From nasty mire ?A whining lover may as well request A scornful breastTo melt…

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