. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . FOR YOUTH. II. UPON THE LARK AND THE |§S33rjj^|HOlJ simple bird, what makes thee here to [BggEgjjl Look, there s the fowler, prythee come not behold the net ? Look there tis spread,Venture a little further, thou art dead. Is there not room enough in all the field,For thee to play in, but thou needs muft yieldTo the deceitful glittring of a glafs,Between nets placed, to bring thy death to pais ? DIVINE EMBLEMS Bird, if thou art so much for dazzling light,Look, there s the sun above thee, dart uprightThy nature is to so
. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . FOR YOUTH. II. UPON THE LARK AND THE |§S33rjj^|HOlJ simple bird, what makes thee here to [BggEgjjl Look, there s the fowler, prythee come not behold the net ? Look there tis spread,Venture a little further, thou art dead. Is there not room enough in all the field,For thee to play in, but thou needs muft yieldTo the deceitful glittring of a glafs,Between nets placed, to bring thy death to pais ? DIVINE EMBLEMS Bird, if thou art so much for dazzling light,Look, there s the sun above thee, dart uprightThy nature is to soar up to the sky,Why wilt thou then come down to the nets and die Heed not the fowler s tempting flattring call;This whiffle he enchanteth birds withal:What though thou seeft a live bird in his s there, becauie from thence she cannot get. Look how he tempteth thee with his decoy,That he may rob thee of thy life, thy joy,Come, prythee bird, I prythee come away,Why shouldft thou to this net become a prey ? Hadlt thou not wings, or were thy feathers pulld,Or wall thou blind, or fall afleep we
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