. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . blows fair ; shall we still creep like snails, That glide their ways with their own native slimes ? No, we must fly like eagles, and our rhymes Must mount to Heavn, and reach the Olympic ear ; Our Heaven-blown fire must seek no other sphere. Thou, great Theanthropos, that givst and ground tThy gifts in dust, and from our dunghill crownstReflecting honour, taking by retailWhat thou hast givn in gross, from lapsed, frail,And sinful man : that drinkst full draughts, whereinThy childrens leprous fingers,
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . blows fair ; shall we still creep like snails, That glide their ways with their own native slimes ? No, we must fly like eagles, and our rhymes Must mount to Heavn, and reach the Olympic ear ; Our Heaven-blown fire must seek no other sphere. Thou, great Theanthropos, that givst and ground tThy gifts in dust, and from our dunghill crownstReflecting honour, taking by retailWhat thou hast givn in gross, from lapsed, frail,And sinful man : that drinkst full draughts, whereinThy childrens leprous fingers, scurfd with paddled ; cleanse, O cleanse my crafty soulFrom secret crimes, and let my thoughts control THE IXVOCATION, My thoughts : O teach me stoutly to denyMyself, that I may be no longer I :Enrich my fancy, clarify my thoughts,Refine my dross ; O wink at human faults;And through the slender conduit of my quillConvey thy current, whose clear streams may fillThe hearts of men with love, their tongues with praiseCrown me with glory, take, who list, the bays. EMBLEMS. Embl em p«^ Totus mundus in maligno (maliligno^ posltus est. Every man is tempted^ when he is draivn away by hisoivn /ustj and enticed.—James i. 14. eye gierpent. ©be. 6\^OT eat ? not taste ? not touch ? nor cast an -^^ Upon the fruit of this fair tree .? and why.*Why eatst thou not what Heavn ordaind for canst thou think that bad which Heavn callc^good rWhy was it made, if not to be enjoyd .?Neglect of favours makes a favour void :Blessings unusd, pervert into a wasteAs well as surfeits : woman, do but taste: \ EMBLEMS. See how the laden boughs make silent suitTo be enjoyd : look how their bending fruitMeet thee half-way : observe but how they crouchTo kiss thy hand; coy woman, do but touch :Mark what a pure vermilion blush has dyedTheir swelling cheeks, and how for shame they hideTheir palsy heads, to see themselves stand bvNeglected : woman, do but cast an What bounteous Heavn ord
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