Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers (1861)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Rogers, W. Harry (William Harry), 1825-1873, Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867, illus · London, James Nisbet and co. · leaf 30
Even in laughter the heart 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…
Emblems
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