. Quarles' emblems . ng the day. Blow, Ignorance : O thou, whose idle knee ; Rocks earth into a lethargy, iAnd with thy sooty fingers has benight The worlds fair cheeks, blow, blow thy spite; • ;Since thou hast puft our greater taper ; do Puff on, and out the lesser too : j If eer that breath-exiled flame return, Thou hast not blown, as it will burn : I Qnarles Emblems. 6i Sweet Phosphor, bring the day :Light will repayThe wrongs of night; sweet Phosphor, bring the day. S. August, in Joh. Ser. is all to thee : if thou be hungry, he is bread ; ifthirsty, he is water; if darkness, he is
. Quarles' emblems . ng the day. Blow, Ignorance : O thou, whose idle knee ; Rocks earth into a lethargy, iAnd with thy sooty fingers has benight The worlds fair cheeks, blow, blow thy spite; • ;Since thou hast puft our greater taper ; do Puff on, and out the lesser too : j If eer that breath-exiled flame return, Thou hast not blown, as it will burn : I Qnarles Emblems. 6i Sweet Phosphor, bring the day :Light will repayThe wrongs of night; sweet Phosphor, bring the day. S. August, in Joh. Ser. is all to thee : if thou be hungry, he is bread ; ifthirsty, he is water; if darkness, he is light; if naked, he isa robe of immortality. Alaxus de Conq. is a light that is never darkened; an unwearied lifethat cannot die; a fountain always flowing; a garden oflife; a seminary of wisdom ; a radical beginning of allgoodness. Epig. soul, if ignorance puff out this light,Shell do a favour that intends a spite:It seems dark abroad ; but take this light away,Thy windows will discover break of
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