Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man (1800)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for Alex. Hogg · leaf 128
eeming heavn.Thinkft thou the crowji of glorys hadWith idle eafe, fond Cyprian lad ?Thinkft thou that mirth, and vain delights.High feed, and fliadow-fhortning nights,Soft knees, full bags and beds of down,Are proper prologues to a crown ?Or canft thou hope to corne and view.Like profproHS Caefar,… … Jlrras: hac jtur adillaia. BuoK II. E iM B L E M S. S7 And (hall the crown of glory fland Not worth the waving of an hand ? The flefhly wanton, to obtain His minute-luft, will count it gain To lofe his freedom, his eftate. Upon fo dear,, fo fweet a rate : Shall pleafures thus be priz*d, and muft…
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