. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . How shall ivc sing the Lords song in a strange land?—PSALM CXXXVII. 4. URGE me no more : this airy mirth belongs To better times : these times are not for songs. The sprightly twang of the melodious lute Agrees not with my voice : and both unsuit My untund fortunes : the affected measure Of strains that are constraind, afford no pleasure. Musics the child of mirth : where griefs assail The troubled soul, both voice and fingers fail : Let such as revel out their lavish days In honourable riot; that can raise Dejected heart
. Quarles' emblems: illustrated by Charles Bennett and W. Harry Rogers . How shall ivc sing the Lords song in a strange land?—PSALM CXXXVII. 4. URGE me no more : this airy mirth belongs To better times : these times are not for songs. The sprightly twang of the melodious lute Agrees not with my voice : and both unsuit My untund fortunes : the affected measure Of strains that are constraind, afford no pleasure. Musics the child of mirth : where griefs assail The troubled soul, both voice and fingers fail : Let such as revel out their lavish days In honourable riot; that can raise Dejected hearts, and conjure up a sprit Of madness by the magic of delight; Let those of Cupids hospital, that lie Impatient patients to a smiling eye, That cannot rest, until vain hope beguile Their flatterd torment with a wanton smile : Let such redeem their peace, and salve the wrongs Of froward fortune with their frolic songs : My grief, my griefs too great for smiling eyes To cure, or counter-charms to exorcise. 254 Quarks Emblems. The ravens dismal croaks, the midnight howl
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