. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . caufe. R 2 Can- 196 EMBLEMS, Book V, II. C A N T I C L E S ii. 5. Stay me withjlowers *, and comfort me with apples j forlamfick of love. OTyrant love ! how doth thy fovrelgn powfSubject poor fouls to thy imperious thrall !They fay, thy cups composd of fweet and four j They fay, thy diets honey mixd with gall jHow conjes it then to pafs, thefe lips of oursStill trade in bitter ; tafte no fweet at all IO tyrant love ! fhall our perpetual toilNeer find a fabbath to refrefh a while [fmile ?Our drooping fouls \ art thou
. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . caufe. R 2 Can- 196 EMBLEMS, Book V, II. C A N T I C L E S ii. 5. Stay me withjlowers *, and comfort me with apples j forlamfick of love. OTyrant love ! how doth thy fovrelgn powfSubject poor fouls to thy imperious thrall !They fay, thy cups composd of fweet and four j They fay, thy diets honey mixd with gall jHow conjes it then to pafs, thefe lips of oursStill trade in bitter ; tafte no fweet at all IO tyrant love ! fhall our perpetual toilNeer find a fabbath to refrefh a while [fmile ?Our drooping fouls \ art thou all frowns, and neer a 2. You blefTed maids of honour, that frequentThe royal courts of our renownd Jehove,With flovvrs reftore my fpirits faint and fpent;O fetch me apples from loves fruitful cool my palate, and renew my I am fick, for I am fick of love: Thefe will revive my dry, my wafted they will fweeten my unfavry hours ;Refrefh me then with fruit, and comfort me with [flowrs. • The word, In our modern bibles, hfa^ons. O bring ^^. Cant 2 -•5 BookV, emblem S. 197 3- O bring me apples to affwage that fire. Which, ^tna-like, inflames my flaming breaft ;Nor is it evry apple I defire. Nor that which pL-afes evry palate beft:Tis not the lafting ceuzan * 1 require. Nor yet the rcd-cheeicd queening* 1 requeft :Nor that which iirft befbrewd f the name of that whofe beauty causd the golden ftrife jNo, no, bring me an apple from the tree of life, 4-Virgins, tuck up your filken lap?, and fill yeWith the fair wealth of floras magazine ;The purple -/ioiet, and the pale-faced lily : Trse panfy and the organ colombine ;Thhe flowering thyme, the gilt-bowl daifcdilly;The lowly pink, the lofty eglantine : The biuCiing lofe, the queen of flowrs, and bed Of Floras beauty ; but, above the refl, [brealh Let Jefles X fovreign flowr perfume my qualming 5-Hade, virgins, hafle, for I lie weak, and faint Beneath the pangs oi love ; why fcand ye
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