. Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations . S*S*2^ VANITY WILL PROVE VEXATION. ^T^^: EN AMOUR, EN COUR, ET A LA CHASSE, Inter manum et MANY A SLIP TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP. <ol WIFT, through the flood, cheerd by his matters praife,Jp# With vigrous ftroke the Spaniel cleaves his way, And lo ! already with his ardent gaze,He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his 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 strainsTowards the game, now clofe before his nofe.
. Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations . S*S*2^ VANITY WILL PROVE VEXATION. ^T^^: EN AMOUR, EN COUR, ET A LA CHASSE, Inter manum et MANY A SLIP TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP. <ol WIFT, through the flood, cheerd by his matters praife,Jp# With vigrous ftroke the Spaniel cleaves his way, And lo ! already with his ardent gaze,He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his 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 strainsTowards the game, now clofe before his nofe. CHACUN NE PREND CE QUIL POURCHASSE. HOPES AND FEARS CHEQUER HUMAN LIFE. Then bounding high at once from out the waveWith fudden rum 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; when moft fure weve grafpd the prize aright, We fee it quickly vanifh from our fight. 5Tis not alone in fleep that dreams arife; Our hopes are o
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