. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . nd let her birth and death ; twixt both, fhe hops aboiitFrom perch to perch, from fenfe to reafon \ higher reafon, down to fenfe again :From {^?l[^ fhe climbs to faith ; where, for a fits and fings; then down again to reafon :From reafon, back to faith ^ and ftraitj from thence^She rudely flutters to the perch of fenfe :From {^x\{t^ to hope ; then hops from hope to doubt 5From doubt, to dull defpair j there feeks aboutFor defprate freedom, and, at eviy grate,^vi^ wildly thrufts,
. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . nd let her birth and death ; twixt both, fhe hops aboiitFrom perch to perch, from fenfe to reafon \ higher reafon, down to fenfe again :From {^?l[^ fhe climbs to faith ; where, for a fits and fings; then down again to reafon :From reafon, back to faith ^ and ftraitj from thence^She rudely flutters to the perch of fenfe :From {^x\{t^ to hope ; then hops from hope to doubt 5From doubt, to dull defpair j there feeks aboutFor defprate freedom, and, at eviy grate,^vi^ wildly thrufts, and begs th* untimely dateOf thunexpired thraldom, to releafeThaiHidled captive, that can find no am \ coopd ; within this fieChly cageI wear my youth, and wafte my v/eayy age,^Spending that breath, v/hich was ordaind to chantKeavns praifes forth, in fighs and fad complaint:V/hiift happier birds can fpread their nimble wingFrom fhrubs to cedars, and there chirp and fing,in choice of raptures, the harmonious ftoryOf rnans redemption;, apd his Makers glory. You ^:V.£m/.,o. Pfalm 142 .{,fref rnv (h/i/uf Snd, and dun thvfrazjeS/tft/Z/i// t/w re/nnimt ofrnvJovfitlDivyj^. BookV. emblems. 221 You glorious martyrs, you illudrious troop?,That once were cloifterd in your ftefhly coopsAs fail as I, what rhetric had your tongues !What dextrous art had vour elegiac !What Paul-lilce powr had your admired devotion fWhat {hackle-breaking faith infusd fuch motionTo your ftrong prayV, that could obtain the boon*To be enlarged ; to be unca;^ed fo foon !WhiUl I, poor I, can fing my daily old in bondage, and can find no ears :You great partakers of eternal glory,That, with vour heavn-prevailing oratory,Releasd your fouls from your terreftrial th^ paffion of my holy rageTo recommend my forrows, dearly knownTo you, in days of old, and once your Ov,To your bed thoughts (but oh, t doth not bent yeTo move your prayrs ; you love joy, not pity) :Gfeat Lord
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