. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . 1 might once obtain Those longd-for joys, longd for so oft in vain ! If, Moses-like, I may not live possest Of this fair land. Lord, let me seet at least. S. August. Soliloq. Cap. life is a frail life ; a corruptible life ; a life whichthe more it increaseth, the more it decreaseth : thefarther it goeth, the nearer it cometh to death. Adeceitful life, and like a shadow, full of the snares ofdeath : now I rejoice, now I languish, now I flourish,now infirm, now I live, and straight I die; now I s
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . 1 might once obtain Those longd-for joys, longd for so oft in vain ! If, Moses-like, I may not live possest Of this fair land. Lord, let me seet at least. S. August. Soliloq. Cap. life is a frail life ; a corruptible life ; a life whichthe more it increaseth, the more it decreaseth : thefarther it goeth, the nearer it cometh to death. Adeceitful life, and like a shadow, full of the snares ofdeath : now I rejoice, now I languish, now I flourish,now infirm, now I live, and straight I die; now I seemhappy, always miserable ; now I laugh, now I weep :thus all things are subject to mutability, that nothingcontinueth an hour in one estate: O joy above joy,exceeding all joy, without which there is no joy, whenshall I enter into thee, that I may see my God, thatdwelleth in thee . Epig. 7. Art thou so weak ? O canst thou not digestAn hour of travel for a night of rest ?Cheer up, my soul, call home thy sprits, and bearOne bad Good-Friday, full-mouthd Easters near. 2o8 EMBLEMS. Emblem ROM. VII. 24. 0 wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me fromthe body of this death f BEHOLD thy darling, which thy lustful carePampers, for which thy restless thoughts prepareSuch early cares ; for whom thy bubbling browSo often sweats, and bankrupt eyes do oweSuch midnight scores to nature, for whose sakeBase earth is sainted, the infernal lakeUnfeard, the crown of glory poorly rated :Thy God neglected, and thy brother hated ;Behold thy darling, whom my soul aftectsSo dearly ; whom thy fond indulgence decks EMBLEMS. 209 And puppets up In soft, in silken weeds ; Behold the darling, whom thy fondness feeds With far-fetchd delicates, the dear-bought gains Of ill-spent time, the price of half my pains : Behold thy darling, who, when clad by thee. Derides thy nakedness ; and when most free, Proclaims her lover slave; and being fed Most full, then strikes the indulgent feeder dead. What means
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