. Emblemes . cht the falling hair ;Sufpicious envy mixt with jealous fpight Difturbs his weary night:Ke threatens youth with age ; and nowala?,He owns not what he is, but vaunts the man he wa»i 6 Gray-hairs, perufe thy dayes, and let thy paft Read lefturestothy laft:Thofe hafty wings that hurrid them away Will give thcfe dayes no day :The conftant wheels of Nature (corn to tire Until her works expire :Jhat blaft that nipt thy youth, will ruin thee ;That hand that Ihook the branch will quickly ftiike the tree« S, CmY]i Hieroglyph, XIV. 3 77 S. Ch haln are hononrdle, w^enihebchaViourfms
. Emblemes . cht the falling hair ;Sufpicious envy mixt with jealous fpight Difturbs his weary night:Ke threatens youth with age ; and nowala?,He owns not what he is, but vaunts the man he wa»i 6 Gray-hairs, perufe thy dayes, and let thy paft Read lefturestothy laft:Thofe hafty wings that hurrid them away Will give thcfe dayes no day :The conftant wheels of Nature (corn to tire Until her works expire :Jhat blaft that nipt thy youth, will ruin thee ;That hand that Ihook the branch will quickly ftiike the tree« S, CmY]i Hieroglyph, XIV. 3 77 S. Ch haln are hononrdle, w^enihebchaViourfms withgrphairs .But when an ancient man hath chiUi^ mcumers, he be- tometh more ridiculo:i^ then a child. ^rtinyiin(ittainedtooldjeArSyth;ttre^e^iell thy youth- fulnelJc. Efis. 14. To the Touth, Seeft thou this good old man ? he reprefeatsThv f ^^•^ 5 ^^°^ ^^^ Preter^erfecl tenfc :T«ou -oeft to labour, he prepares to relt:Th°u breakft cby , he fups: Now which is bcft > 57S Hieroglyph. Jplumb^ur in fcrram , -Will jUardian •rtilrr- Hieroglyph. XV. 5 79 Psalm 90. 10. The dayes of our years are three/core yeariand ten. I CO have I fecn th* lllufttious Vtince of Light^Rifing in glory from his Croce-n bed, And trampling down the horrid Ihades of more and more his conqu ring head, Paufe firft, decline, at length begin to fhroud His fainting brows within a cole-black cloud. 2So have 1 feen a well-built CaflU ftandUpon the tiptoes of a lofty hiU, . j u„ j Whofe aftive powr commands both fea and land,And curbs the pride of the beleag;rers wil : At length hciagd foundation fails her truft, And laycs her tottiing ruins m the dult. So have 1 feen the blazing Ta^our IbootHer golden head into the feeble air,Whofe Ihadow-gilding ray fpread round the foul face of black-browd darkneffe fair jTill at the length her wafting glory fades,And leaves the night to her invetratelhadcs. 4 Evnfo this little world of living C/^jy, The pride of N^t«
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