. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern; or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems .. . Spes alit j4grkolct&* The ^Divine and Moral* 127. THE Thirty-fecond EmblemIlluftrated. The Husbandman doth fow his Seeds,And then on Hope till Harvefi feeds. THE painful Husbandman\ with fweaty brows,.Confumes in labour many a weary Day 5To break tbe ftubborn Earth he digs and ploughs^And then the Corn he fcatters on the that is done he harroivs in the Seeds, a well-cleansd Furrow lays it dry 5He frees it from the Worms, the Moles, the Weeds;He on the Fe
. Choice emblems, divine and moral, antient and modern; or, Delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems .. . Spes alit j4grkolct&* The ^Divine and Moral* 127. THE Thirty-fecond EmblemIlluftrated. The Husbandman doth fow his Seeds,And then on Hope till Harvefi feeds. THE painful Husbandman\ with fweaty brows,.Confumes in labour many a weary Day 5To break tbe ftubborn Earth he digs and ploughs^And then the Corn he fcatters on the that is done he harroivs in the Seeds, a well-cleansd Furrow lays it dry 5He frees it from the Worms, the Moles, the Weeds;He on the Fences alfo hath an tho he fee the chilling Winter bringS?w--wst Floods and Frofts, his Labours to annoy $C 4 Tho ii8 Choice Emblems, Tho* blaftzng Winds do nip them in the SpringyAnd Summers Mildews threaten to deftroy :Yea, tho not only Days but Weeks they are,(Kay, many Weeks and many Months befide)In which he muft with pain prolong his care,Yet conftant in his Hopes he doth this refpeel: HOPEs Emblem here you feeAttends the <Pfough, that Men beholding itMay be inftrucled, or elfe minded be,What Hopes continuing Labours will long thou
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