. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . ough sweet in hopes, yet in fruition sour:The fruit thats yellow,Is found not always mellow ;The fairest tulips not the sweetest flowr. Fond youth, give oer,And vex thy soul no moreIn seeking what were better far unfound ;Alas ! thy gainsAre only present painsTo gather scorpions for a future wound. Whats earth or in it,That longer than a minute,Can lend a free delight that can endure %O who would droil,Or delve in such a soil,Where gains uncertain, and the pain is sure? QuaHes Emblems. S. in temporal matt

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. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . ough sweet in hopes, yet in fruition sour:The fruit thats yellow,Is found not always mellow ;The fairest tulips not the sweetest flowr. Fond youth, give oer,And vex thy soul no moreIn seeking what were better far unfound ;Alas ! thy gainsAre only present painsTo gather scorpions for a future wound. Whats earth or in it,That longer than a minute,Can lend a free delight that can endure %O who would droil,Or delve in such a soil,Where gains uncertain, and the pain is sure? QuaHes Emblems. S. in temporal matters is deceitful: It is a labourand a perpetual fear; it is a dangerous pleasure, whosebeginning is without Providence, and whose end is not with-out repentance. is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, whichhath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting inher tail. Epig. , Cupid, are thy shafts already made ?And seeking honey to set up thy trade,True emblem of thy sweets ! thy bees do bringHoney in their mouths, but in their tails a

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