. Emblems, divine and moral . f deaths injurious pangs ; nay, worse, be slain ? Sweet babe ! at what dear rates do wretched I Commit a sin ! Lord, evry sins a dart;And evry trespass lets a javlin fly ; And evry javlin wounds thy bleeding heart :Pardon, sweet babe, what I have done amiss ;And seal that granted pardon with a kiss. 224 EMBLEMS. BOOK iv. S. BoNAVENT. Soliloq. Cap. sweet Jesu, I knew not that thy kisses were sosweet, nor thy society so delectable, nor thy attractionso virtuous : for when I love thee, I am clean ; whenI touch thee, I am chaste ; w^hen I receive thee, I ama virgi
. Emblems, divine and moral . f deaths injurious pangs ; nay, worse, be slain ? Sweet babe ! at what dear rates do wretched I Commit a sin ! Lord, evry sins a dart;And evry trespass lets a javlin fly ; And evry javlin wounds thy bleeding heart :Pardon, sweet babe, what I have done amiss ;And seal that granted pardon with a kiss. 224 EMBLEMS. BOOK iv. S. BoNAVENT. Soliloq. Cap. sweet Jesu, I knew not that thy kisses were sosweet, nor thy society so delectable, nor thy attractionso virtuous : for when I love thee, I am clean ; whenI touch thee, I am chaste ; w^hen I receive thee, I ama virgin : 0 most sweet Jesu, thy embraces defile not,but cleanse ; thy attraction polluteth not, but sancti-fieth: 0 Jesu, the fountain of universal sweetness,pardon me that I believed so late, that so muchsweetness is in thy embraces. Epig. burdens gieatest; let not Atlas boast:Impartial reader, judge which bears the most:He bears but Heavn, my folded arms sustainHeavns Maker, whom HeaVns Heavn cannotcontain. EMBLEMS. 225 tAJNTICLES m. 1. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul lovethI sought him, hut I found Mm not. THE learned Cynic having lost the way To honest men, did, in the height of day,By taper-light, divide his steps aboutThe peopled streets, to find this dainty out; 226 EMBLEMS. BOOK iv. But faild : the Cynic searchd not where he ought;The thing he sought for was not where he wise mens task seemd harder to be done ;The wise men did by star-light seek the Sun,And found : the wise men searchd it where they ought;The thing they hopd to find was where they seeks his wishes where he should ; but thenPerchance he seeks not as he should, nor searches when he should ; but thereHe fails ; not seeking as he should, nor soul desires the good it wants, and wouldObtain, must seek where, as, and when he often have my wild affections ledMy wasted soul to this my widowd bed,To seek my lover, whom my soul desires !(
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