. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . irtuous, good, and great; Examifie vveW thy Heart and thereTiioalt hnd tis ali a pompous Cheat. A thoufand Things thoult fee amifs. Which have efcaped ethers Eyes :What thou wilt learn, is only This, That thou an neiiier good nor wife. The M ORAL. Big tho we look, and mightily attrad The publick Eye, and many Things may ad. Let ns fedately fcrutinize our Hearts, And tell the very Truth that Search imparts; What Ihall we find whereon a Boait to raife r What goodly Thing deferves our Makers Praife ? W
. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . irtuous, good, and great; Examifie vveW thy Heart and thereTiioalt hnd tis ali a pompous Cheat. A thoufand Things thoult fee amifs. Which have efcaped ethers Eyes :What thou wilt learn, is only This, That thou an neiiier good nor wife. The M ORAL. Big tho we look, and mightily attrad The publick Eye, and many Things may ad. Let ns fedately fcrutinize our Hearts, And tell the very Truth that Search imparts; What Ihall we find whereon a Boait to raife r What goodly Thing deferves our Makers Praife ? With every Sin we fee our Nature ftaind. And there Corruption from our Birth his reignd. Our Thoughts are all on Vanity intent. And each Aifedion on the World is bent. Immortal^Things, and Heavns eternal Elifs, Can fcarce a C .rr^er of the Soul pofTfls. Ah wretched Man I no more thy Merit vaunt; Think, that the chiefell Requifite you want: Nor Wealth, nor Learning, Happinefs beilow, Tiie uJcfulJiKnC-whcIg^f is thrjjelf t^ kniywy [52 ] •.AA/,.^^.\AA.\Av^\>^J^„*\A^^>^ EMBLEM iSi The Mifers pleasM with Heaps of Treafurc,Others with Dignity or Pleafure ;Thefc are the Worlds; but give me thofeOn which my Soul may fafe repofe* I 53 I EMBLEM VIL . T/je good and had THE furnifhd Chefl: prefeirg to View»The Wealth of Heavn and EarthyRiches and Plealures hourty new, Both good, and nothing worth :Whatever may your Fancy undiiputcd you may feize. Here one preferves his foolifh Toys, Trifles, and only fit for Boys ;T other the Things of higheil Price, In his Efleem prefers :Wifdom and Foily are difplayd,And you, and I, or both portrayd^ The Moral. Trifles and glided Gewgaws are for BoysyAnd Fools are pleasd with Bawbles and with ToysvBut Man, grown up, more folid Things expeftsyAnd childifh Fancies fcornfully he whofe Soul to Heaven does afpire,Whofe Heart is glowing with a holy Fire ;Who by his Faith celellial Scenes can fmg Ange
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