. Emblems, divine and moral . ow, reader, close thy book, and then advise;Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise;Let not thy nobler thoughts be always rakingThe worlds base dunghill; vermins took by taking:Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lapOf wanton Dalilah; the worlds a trap. 84 EMBLEMS. BOOK 2. Hugo de me, where be those now, tliat so latelyloved and hugged the world ? Nothing remainethof them but dust and worms; observe what thosemen were; what those men are: They were likethee; they did eat, drink, laugh, and led merrydays; and in a moment slipt into hell. Here, theirfle
. Emblems, divine and moral . ow, reader, close thy book, and then advise;Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise;Let not thy nobler thoughts be always rakingThe worlds base dunghill; vermins took by taking:Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lapOf wanton Dalilah; the worlds a trap. 84 EMBLEMS. BOOK 2. Hugo de me, where be those now, tliat so latelyloved and hugged the world ? Nothing remainethof them but dust and worms; observe what thosemen were; what those men are: They were likethee; they did eat, drink, laugh, and led merrydays; and in a moment slipt into hell. Here, theirflesh is food for worms; there their souls are fuelfor fire, till they shall be rejoined in an unhappyfellowship,and cast into eternal torments; wherethey that were once companions in sin, shaill behereafter partners in punishment. EpjG. £.Gripe, Cupid, and gripe still, unto that wind,Thats pent before, find secret vent behind:And when thoust done, hark here, I tell thee what,Before Ill trust thy armful, Ill trust that. BOOK 85 Nun amat isle: sed hamat amor. JOB XVIII. 8. He is cast into a net by his own feet, and walkethupon a snare. VV hat! nets and quiver too? what need there allThese sly devices to betray poor men? Die they not fast enough when thousands fallBefore thy dart? what need these engines then? 86 EMBLEMS. BOOK 9. Attend they not, and answer to thy call, Like nightly coveys, where the list and when? What needs a stratagem where strength can sway? [gainsay? Or what needs strength compel where none Or what needs stratagem or strength, where hearts obey? Husband thy slights: it is but vain to waste Honey on those that will be catchd with gall;Thou canst not, ah! thou canst not bid so fast As men obey: Thou art more slow to callThan they to come; thou canst not make such hasteTo strike, as they, being struck, make haste save thy nets for that rebellious heartThat scorns thy powr, and has obtaind the artT avoid thy flying shaft, to quench tliy fiery dart. L
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