. Quarles' emblems . fy Such amrous baseness ; let thy soul disdain Th ignoble proffers of so base a swain ; Or if thy vows be past, and Hymens bands Have ceremonied your unequal hands. Annul, at least avoid, thy lawless act With insufficiency, or pre-contract: Or if the act be good, yet mayst thou plead A second freedom ; or the flesh is dead. Qnarlcs Eiiiblcins. 289 Naziaxz. Orat. I am joined to this body I know not; which, whenit is healthful, provoketh me to war, and, being damaged bywar, afifecteth me with grief; which I both love as a fellow-servant, and hate as an utter enemy :
. Quarles' emblems . fy Such amrous baseness ; let thy soul disdain Th ignoble proffers of so base a swain ; Or if thy vows be past, and Hymens bands Have ceremonied your unequal hands. Annul, at least avoid, thy lawless act With insufficiency, or pre-contract: Or if the act be good, yet mayst thou plead A second freedom ; or the flesh is dead. Qnarlcs Eiiiblcins. 289 Naziaxz. Orat. I am joined to this body I know not; which, whenit is healthful, provoketh me to war, and, being damaged bywar, afifecteth me with grief; which I both love as a fellow-servant, and hate as an utter enemy : it is a pleasant foe, anda perfidious friend. O strange conjunction and alienation :what I fear I embrace, and what I love I am afraid of; beforeI make war, I am reconciled: before I enjoy peace, I am atvariance. Epig. need that house be daubd with flesh and blood ?Hangd round with silks and gold ? repaird with food ?Cost idly spent! that cost doth but prolongThy thraldom. Fool, thou makst thy jail too ^j^~
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