. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . O that men were wise, that they understood this, that theywould consider their latter end f-—Deut. XXXII. 29. Jtejj. Spirit. Flesh. What means my sisters eye so oft to passThrough the long entry of that optic glass ?Tell me ; what secret virtue doth inviteThy wrinkled eye to such unknown delight ? Spirit. It helps the sight, makes things remote appearIn perfect view; it draws the objects near. Flesh. What sense-delighting objects dost thou spy ?What doth that glass present before thine eye ? Spirit. I see thy foe, my reco
. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . O that men were wise, that they understood this, that theywould consider their latter end f-—Deut. XXXII. 29. Jtejj. Spirit. Flesh. What means my sisters eye so oft to passThrough the long entry of that optic glass ?Tell me ; what secret virtue doth inviteThy wrinkled eye to such unknown delight ? Spirit. It helps the sight, makes things remote appearIn perfect view; it draws the objects near. Flesh. What sense-delighting objects dost thou spy ?What doth that glass present before thine eye ? Spirit. I see thy foe, my reconciled friend,Grim death, een standing at the glasss end:His left hand holds a branch of palm; his rightHolds forth a two-edgd sword. Flesh. A proper is this all ? doth thy prospective pleaseTh abused fancy with no shapes but these ? Spirit. Yes, I behold the darkend sun bereavnOf all his light, the battlements of Heavn i 88 Quarles Emblems. Sweltring in flames; the angel-guarded SonOf glory on his high tribunal-throne;I see a brimstone sea of boiling fire
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