. Quarles' Emblems . igher sails, The wind blows fair; shall we still creep like snails, That glide their ways with their own native slimes % No, we must fly like eagles, and our rhymes Must mount to Heavn, and reach the Olympic ear; Our Heavn-blown fire must seek no other sphere. Thou, great Theanthropos, that givst and groundstThy gifts in dust, and from our dunghill crownstReflecting honour, taking by retailWhat thou hast givn in gross, from lapsed, frail,And sinful man : that drinkst full draughts, whereinThy childrens leprous fingers, scurfd with sin,Have paddled ; cleanse, O cleanse my c

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. Quarles' Emblems . igher sails, The wind blows fair; shall we still creep like snails, That glide their ways with their own native slimes % No, we must fly like eagles, and our rhymes Must mount to Heavn, and reach the Olympic ear; Our Heavn-blown fire must seek no other sphere. Thou, great Theanthropos, that givst and groundstThy gifts in dust, and from our dunghill crownstReflecting honour, taking by retailWhat thou hast givn in gross, from lapsed, frail,And sinful man : that drinkst full draughts, whereinThy childrens leprous fingers, scurfd with sin,Have paddled ; cleanse, O cleanse my crafty soulFrom secret crimes, and let my thoughts controlMy thoughts : O teach me stoutly to denyMyself, that I may be no longer I : -Enrich my fancy, clarify my thoughts,Refine my dross; O wink at human faults ; The Invocation. And through the slender conduit of my quillConvey thy current, whose clear streams may fillThe hearts of men with love, their tongues with praiseCrown me with glory, take, who list, the

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