. Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations . s^<&-5?<&. VANITY WILL PROVE VEXATION. -^TS^ 68 EN AMOUR, EN COUR, ET A LA CHASSE, Inter manum et men turn. 00 Q 111Q Z111 . <111 ft:Q 0 |; z ■ < < (0 I UJ JD MANY A SLIP TWIXT THE CUP ANDTHE LIP. WIFT, through the flood, cheerd by his matters praife,With vigrous ftroke the Spaniel cleaves his way,And lo ! already with his ardent gaze,He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his prey. CHACUN NE PREND CE QUIL POURCHASSI 69 HOPES AND FEARS CHEQUER HUMAN LIFE Near and more near upon the bird he gains, A
. Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations . s^<&-5?<&. VANITY WILL PROVE VEXATION. -^TS^ 68 EN AMOUR, EN COUR, ET A LA CHASSE, Inter manum et men turn. 00 Q 111Q Z111 . <111 ft:Q 0 |; z ■ < < (0 I UJ JD MANY A SLIP TWIXT THE CUP ANDTHE LIP. WIFT, through the flood, cheerd by his matters praife,With vigrous ftroke the Spaniel cleaves his way,And lo ! already with his ardent gaze,He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his prey. CHACUN NE PREND CE QUIL POURCHASSI 69 HOPES AND FEARS CHEQUER HUMAN LIFE Near and more near upon the bird he gains, And as the fpace that parts them fmaller grows,With fpeed increafed, he plies the foot and strains Towards the game, now clofe before his bounding high at once from out the wave With hidden rufh to feize the certain prize :That which he thought no means of flight could fave, Dives neath the flood, before his wondring eyes. In Love affairs, as in intrigues at court, It oft occurs as in the field of fport; Almoft before the chafe we have begun We deem the Fair, the place, and game are won; And when moft fure weve grafpd the prize aright, We fee it quickly vanifh from our fight. Tis not alone in
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