. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . E wants, he asks, he pleads his poverty,They within doors do him an alms denyHe doth repeat and aggravate his grief;But they repulfe him, give him no relief. He begs, they say, Begone : he will not hear,He coughs and sighs, to shew he still is there;They disregard him, he repeats his groans;They still say nay, and he himself call him vagrant, and more rugged grow;He cries the shriller; trumpets out his woe. 74 DIVINE EMBLEMS At laft, when they perceive he 11 take no nayAn alms they give him without more delay. COMPARISON. T
. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . E wants, he asks, he pleads his poverty,They within doors do him an alms denyHe doth repeat and aggravate his grief;But they repulfe him, give him no relief. He begs, they say, Begone : he will not hear,He coughs and sighs, to shew he still is there;They disregard him, he repeats his groans;They still say nay, and he himself call him vagrant, and more rugged grow;He cries the shriller; trumpets out his woe. 74 DIVINE EMBLEMS At laft, when they perceive he 11 take no nayAn alms they give him without more delay. COMPARISON. The beggar doth resemble them that prayTo God for mercy, and will take no nay :But wait, and count that all his hard gainlaysAre nothing elfe but fatherly delays :Then imitate him, praying souls, and cry,There \s nothing like to FOR YOUTH. 75 XXXV. UPON THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.
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