. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . Have you seen him whom my soul loveth f When I had passeda little from them, tJien I found him ; I took hold on him,and left him not.—CANTICLES III. 3, 4. What secret corner ? what unwonted way Has scapd the ransack of my rambling thought ?The fox by night, nor the dull owl by day, Have never searchd those places I have they lamented, absence taught my breastThe ready road to grief, without request;My day had neither comfort, nor my night had rest. How hath my unregarded language vented The sad tautologies o
. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . Have you seen him whom my soul loveth f When I had passeda little from them, tJien I found him ; I took hold on him,and left him not.—CANTICLES III. 3, 4. What secret corner ? what unwonted way Has scapd the ransack of my rambling thought ?The fox by night, nor the dull owl by day, Have never searchd those places I have they lamented, absence taught my breastThe ready road to grief, without request;My day had neither comfort, nor my night had rest. How hath my unregarded language vented The sad tautologies of lavish passion !How often have I languishd unlamented! How oft have I complaind, without compassion!I askd the city-watch, but some denyd meThe common street, whilst others would misguideme;Some would debar me ; some divert me ; some derideme. R 242 Quarks Emblems. Mark how the widowd turtle, having lostThe faithful partner of her royal heart,Stretches her feeble wings from coast to coast,Hunts evry path ; thinks evry shade doth partHer absent love and her ; at le
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