Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man (1800)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for Alex. Hogg · leaf 27
und;Alas I thy gainsAre only prefent painsTo gather fcorpions for a future wound. . 7-Whats earth ? or in it.That longer than a minute.Can lend a free delight that can endure ?O who would droil*.Or delve in fuch a foil.Where gains uncertain, and the pain is fure ? S. AUGUST. Sweetnefs in temporal… … Qius Ltmor ; cixLplus patuderi addiiAmor. Book I. E M B L E M S. 15 HUG O. Luxury is an enticing pleafure, a bajiard mirth^which hath honey in her mouth, gall m her hearty anda fiin^ in her tail, •^ EPIG. 3. What, Cupid, are thy Ihafts already made fAnd racking honey to ftt up thy tra^e,True emblem…
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