. Emblems divine and moral . ow the soul s sublimd; her sour desiresAre recalcind* in heavns well-temperd fires :The heart, restord and purgd from drossy finds the freedom of a new-born creature :It lives another life, it breathes new breath;It neither feels nor fears the sting of death :Like as the idle vagrant (having none),That boldly doptst each house he views his own ;Makes evry purse his chequer; J and, at pleasure,Walks forth, and taxes all the world like Caesar ;At length, by virtue of a just sides are lent to a severer hand;Whereon his pass, not fully understood
. Emblems divine and moral . ow the soul s sublimd; her sour desiresAre recalcind* in heavns well-temperd fires :The heart, restord and purgd from drossy finds the freedom of a new-born creature :It lives another life, it breathes new breath;It neither feels nor fears the sting of death :Like as the idle vagrant (having none),That boldly doptst each house he views his own ;Makes evry purse his chequer; J and, at pleasure,Walks forth, and taxes all the world like Caesar ;At length, by virtue of a just sides are lent to a severer hand;Whereon his pass, not fully texted in a manuscript of blood ;Thus passd from town to town, until he comeA sore repentant to his native home :Een so the rambling heart, that idly rovesFrom crime to sin, and, uncontrolld, removesFrom lust to lust, when wanton flesh invitesFrom old-worn pleasures to new choice delights; * Recalcind: to caucile is, with chymists, to burn to a cinder,f Dopts, adopts, or makes his own. ^X Chequer^ exchequer, or
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