Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man (1800)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for Alex. Hogg · leaf 78
eConfumes, how faft (he wanes ;She fpends herfelf, and her, whofe wealth maintainsHer weak, her idle rays.Cannot thy luftful blafl:.Which gave it lurtre, make it lafl: ? [fo faft ? What heart can long be pleasd, where pleafure fpenda 3- Go, wanton, place thy pale-faced light Where never-breaking… … Sic Ixumnc Xunien adeinptirau Book II. EMBLEMS. 57 4- In vain thy bufy hancJs addrefs Their labour to difplayThy eafy blaze within the verge of day jThe greater drowns the lefs IIf heavn^s bright glory fhine,Thy giimmring fparks muft needs refign;puiFout h^avns glory, then, or heavn will work out…
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