. Quarles' emblems . A n not my days few f Cease then, and let uie alone, tJiatI may bezuail myself a little.—Job x. 20. My glass is half unspent; forbear t arrestMy thriftless day too soon; my poor requestIs, that my glass may run but out the rest. My time-devoured minutes will be doneWithout thy help; see, see how swift they run :Cut not my thread before my thread be spun. The gains not great I purchase by this stay;What loss sustainst thou by so small delay,To whom ten thousand years are but a day ? My following eye can hardly make a shiftTo count my winged hours ; they fly so swift,They sc

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. Quarles' emblems . A n not my days few f Cease then, and let uie alone, tJiatI may bezuail myself a little.—Job x. 20. My glass is half unspent; forbear t arrestMy thriftless day too soon; my poor requestIs, that my glass may run but out the rest. My time-devoured minutes will be doneWithout thy help; see, see how swift they run :Cut not my thread before my thread be spun. The gains not great I purchase by this stay;What loss sustainst thou by so small delay,To whom ten thousand years are but a day ? My following eye can hardly make a shiftTo count my winged hours ; they fly so swift,They scarce deserve the bounteous name of gift. The secret wheels of hurrying time do giveSo short a warning, and so fast they I am dead before I seem to live. 184 Quarlcs Emblems. And whats a life ? a weary pilgrimage,Whose glory in one day doth fill thy stageWith childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And whats a life ? the flourishing arrayOf the proud summer-meadow, which to-dayWears her green plush, and is

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