. Quarles' emblems . To be laid in the balance, it is altogether lighter thanvanity.—PSALM LXII. 9. Put in another weight : tis yet too light : And yet, fond Cupid, put another in ;And yet another : still theres under weight :Put in another hundred : put again ; Add world to world ; then heap a thousand moreTo that; then, to renew thy wasted store,Take up more worlds on trust, to draw thy balance lowr. Put in the flesh, with all her loads of pleasure ; Put in great Mammons endless inventory ;Put in the pondrous acts of mighty Caesar :Put in the greater weight of Swedens glory ;Add Scipios gaun
. Quarles' emblems . To be laid in the balance, it is altogether lighter thanvanity.—PSALM LXII. 9. Put in another weight : tis yet too light : And yet, fond Cupid, put another in ;And yet another : still theres under weight :Put in another hundred : put again ; Add world to world ; then heap a thousand moreTo that; then, to renew thy wasted store,Take up more worlds on trust, to draw thy balance lowr. Put in the flesh, with all her loads of pleasure ; Put in great Mammons endless inventory ;Put in the pondrous acts of mighty Caesar :Put in the greater weight of Swedens glory ;Add Scipios gauntlet; put in Platos gown :Put Circes charms, put in the triple balance will not draw ; thy balance will not down. ) Quarles Emblems. Lord ! what a world is this, which day and night, Men seek with so much toil, with so much trouble ?Which, weighd in equal scales, is found so light,So poorly overbalancd with a bubble! Good God ! that frantic mortals should destroyTheir higher hopes, and place their idle jo
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