. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . aths injurious pangs ; nay, worse, be slain i Sweet babe ! at what dear rates do wretched I Commit a sin ! Lord, evry sin s a dart;And ev^ry 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. i68 EMBLEMS. S. BoNAVENT. Soliloq. Cap. i. O sweet Jesu, I knew not that thy kisses were sosweet, nor thy society so delectable, nor thy attraction sovirtuous : for when I love thee, I am clean ; when Itouch t
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . aths injurious pangs ; nay, worse, be slain i Sweet babe ! at what dear rates do wretched I Commit a sin ! Lord, evry sin s a dart;And ev^ry 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. i68 EMBLEMS. S. BoNAVENT. Soliloq. Cap. i. O sweet Jesu, I knew not that thy kisses were sosweet, nor thy society so delectable, nor thy attraction sovirtuous : for when I love thee, I am clean ; when Itouch thee, I am chaste ; when I receive thee, 1 am avirgin : O most sweet Jesu, thy embraces defile not, butcleanse ; thy attraction polluteth not, but sanctifieth : OJesu, the fountain of universal sweetness, pardon methat I believed so late, that so much sweetness is in thyembraces. Epig. 9. My burdens greatest ; let not Atlas boast: Impartial reader, judge which bears the most: He bears but Heavn, my folded arms sustain Heavns Maker, whom Heavns Heavn cannot contain. I EMBLEMS. 169 Emblem 10. CANTICLES III. I. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth ;I sought him., but I found him not. pHE 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;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 sought. [70 EMBLEMS. One seeks his wishes where he should; but then Perchance he seeks not as he should ; nor when. Another searches when he should ; but there He fails ; not seeking as he should, nor where. Whose soul desires the good it wants, and would Obtain, must seek where, as, and when he should. How often have my wild affections led Ady wasted
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