. Quarles' Emblems . Whom have I in heaven but thee? and tJtere is none upon earththat 1 desire beside thee.—PSALM LXXIII. 25. 1 (and have some cause to love; the earth ;She is my Makers creature, therefore good :She is my mother, for she gave me birth ;She is my tender nurse ; she gives me food : But whats a creature, Lord, compard with thee ? ()r what \s my mother, or my nurse, to me ? 1 love the air ; her dainty sweets refresh My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me ; Her shrill-mouthd choir sustain me with their flesh. And with their Polyphonian notes delight me :But whats the
. Quarles' Emblems . Whom have I in heaven but thee? and tJtere is none upon earththat 1 desire beside thee.—PSALM LXXIII. 25. 1 (and have some cause to love; the earth ;She is my Makers creature, therefore good :She is my mother, for she gave me birth ;She is my tender nurse ; she gives me food : But whats a creature, Lord, compard with thee ? ()r what \s my mother, or my nurse, to me ? 1 love the air ; her dainty sweets refresh My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me ; Her shrill-mouthd choir sustain me with their flesh. And with their Polyphonian notes delight me :But whats the air, or all the sweets that sheCan bless my soul withal, compard to thee ? 1 love the sea ; she is my fellow-creature,My careful purveyor ; she provides me store :She walls me round ; she makes my diet greater ;She wafts my treasure from a foreign shore :But, LORD of oceans, when compard with thee,What is the ocean, or her wealth, to me ? 280 Quarks Emblems. To Heavns high city I direct my journey,Whose spangled su
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