. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . htly-cold-hot fool, if eer it winds once, take heed^it hinds thee. J ^ O T» 68 EMBLEM S. BookIL P R o V. xxiii. 25. IJ^ilt thoufet thhie ey£S upon that which is not? far rUbcsmake themfelves wings^ they Jiie away as an eagle, I. FALSE worW, thou lyft: thou canft not lendThe leaft delight:Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are fo flight:Thy morning pleafures make an end To pleafe at night:Poor are the wants that thou fupplyil :And yet thou vauntft, and yet thou vy*ft Hy^* With heavn;
. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . htly-cold-hot fool, if eer it winds once, take heed^it hinds thee. J ^ O T» 68 EMBLEM S. BookIL P R o V. xxiii. 25. IJ^ilt thoufet thhie ey£S upon that which is not? far rUbcsmake themfelves wings^ they Jiie away as an eagle, I. FALSE worW, thou lyft: thou canft not lendThe leaft delight:Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are fo flight:Thy morning pleafures make an end To pleafe at night:Poor are the wants that thou fupplyil :And yet thou vauntft, and yet thou vy*ft Hy^* With heavn; fond earth, thouboaftft ^.falfe world,thou babbling tongue tells golden tales Of endlefs treafure ;Thy bounty offers eafy fales Of lading pleafure;Thou afkfl the confcience what flie ails, And fwearlt to eafe her rTheres none can want where thou fupplyft ;Theres none can give where thou denyihAlas! fond world, thou boaftftj falfe world, thou lyil^i^^ 3- What well-advifed ear regards What earth can fay? Thy. wxxrds are gold, but thy rewardsAre painted clay : Tfcj c^, _— O:. ISooa Qmne quod liic micat Jbinun eft Boor II. EMBLEMS. 69 Thy cunning c^ but pack the cards, Thou canfl not play :Thy game at weakefr, ftill .thou vyii * ;If feen, and then revyd, denyft ; [^y^« Thou art not what thou feemft ; fahfe worlds thou 4-Thy tinfel bofom feems a mint Of new-coind trsafurejA paradife, that has no ftint. No change, no meafure ;A painted cafk, but nothing int, Nor wealth, nor pleafure :Vain earth ! that faifely thus comply*ftWith man i vain man, that thou relyil C^)*^^- On earth -, vain, man, thou doatft j vain earthy thou 5- What mean dull fouls, in this high meafure. To haberdaifliIn earths bafe wares, whofe greatefi treafure Is drofs and trafh ;The height of whofe inchanting pleafure Js but a fiafli fAre thefe the goods that thou fupplyftUs mortals with ? Are thefe the highft?Can thefe bring cordial peace ? Falfe world, thou lyft. * pyji, a word ufed at carcf j i, e, to c
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