. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . made And the defcending dampdoth now prepare Tuncurl bright Titans hair;Whofe wedern wardrobe now begins t unfold Her purples, fringeM with eloath his cvning glory, when thalarmsOf reft fhali call, to reft in rcftlefs Thetis arms,. 2. Nature now calls to fupper, to refrefli The fpirit5 of all fielli;The toiling plowman drives his thirfty team9^ To tafte the flippVy ftreams :The droiljrg* fwineherd knocks away, and feaftb His hungry whining guefts :The box-bill ouzel f, and the dappled thrufh,Like hungry rival
. Emblems divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man . made And the defcending dampdoth now prepare Tuncurl bright Titans hair;Whofe wedern wardrobe now begins t unfold Her purples, fringeM with eloath his cvning glory, when thalarmsOf reft fhali call, to reft in rcftlefs Thetis arms,. 2. Nature now calls to fupper, to refrefli The fpirit5 of all fielli;The toiling plowman drives his thirfty team9^ To tafte the flippVy ftreams :The droiljrg* fwineherd knocks away, and feaftb His hungry whining guefts :The box-bill ouzel f, and the dappled thrufh,Like hungry rivals, meet at their beloved bu{h»- 3- And now the cold autumnal dews are fcen. To cobweb evry green ;And by the low-fhorn rowens :|: doth appear The faft declining year:The faplefs branches dofF§ therr funimer fuits. And wain their winter fruits;And ftormy bhifts have forced the quaking treesTo wrap their trembling limbs in fuits of mofly freeze, • DrolUng^ i. e. drudging. f Cuzcl-^ 1. e, backbird^. ^ Ro-zLenSj i. e. flioit latter-grafs. ^^ •^#j J* c tail otf. Iirvidioia Senc ct us. iqlTjH r ?. HIEROGLYPHIC XIV. 285 4- Our wafted taper now hath brought her light To the next door to-night;Her rprightlefs flame, grown great with fnufF, doth Sad as her neighboring urn : [turn Her /lender inch, that yet unfpent remains. Lights but to furth-er pains ;And, in a filent language, bids her gueftPrepare his weary limbs to take eternal reft. 5-Now careful age hath pitchd her painful plow Upon the furrowd brow ;And fnowy blafts of difcontented care Have blanchd the falling hair :Sufpicious envy, mixM with jealous fpite, Diflurbs his weary night :He threatens youth with age; and now, alas !He owns not what he is, but vaunts the man he was. hairs, perufe thy days ; and let thy paft Read lectures to thy laft:Thofe hafty wings, that hurry*d them away. Will give thefe days no day :The conftant wheels of nature fcorn to tire Until her works expire :That blaft that nipt thy y
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