. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . IS SEMPER OB INSIDIIS CYNTHIA FLERE SOLET. Dum floral, WHILE SHE WEEPS, SHE DEVOURS dALLING a few days fincc to p:ivA vifit to my miilrefs fair,Her face quite filld mc with difmay, She lookd fo pale and wan with flie, fo full of life and fong, As was her wont, thus fad fliould be,Made mc conclude, that fometliing wrongHad her befaHn—or prhaps that HieHad got fomc fill
. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . IS SEMPER OB INSIDIIS CYNTHIA FLERE SOLET. Dum floral, WHILE SHE WEEPS, SHE DEVOURS dALLING a few days fincc to p:ivA vifit to my miilrefs fair,Her face quite filld mc with difmay, She lookd fo pale and wan with flie, fo full of life and fong, As was her wont, thus fad fliould be,Made mc conclude, that fometliing wrongHad her befaHn—or prhaps that HieHad got fomc filly doubts of mc. VRIENT, LETER OP, MEN VINTER NOCH. BEAUTE ET FOLIE SONT SOUVENT Well, deareft love !—but what is this : What ails ? what has occurrd to thee ?Why then so cold ? — not een one kifs ! Art ill—or difcontent with me ?Nay, nay, thourt ill Im fure—I fei I know it by thy drooping lookft not as thourt wont on me, Come let me know,—why then that figh Speak, speak, did I yet aught deny ? But long fKe made me no reply. Though ftill fhe fighd, and I could fee,^ The more I faid, the more her eye y ^ Was fiUd with tears, and turnd from me ; Z Z Until at length quite grievd, I faid, > ^ Come ceafe this weeping—fpeak then, do— I ^ f Tell
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