. Quarles' Emblems . Yjf= As a dog retumeth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to Insfolly.—PROV. XXVI. II. O, I am wounded ! and my wounds do smart Beyond my patience or great Chirons art; I yield, I yield the day, the palm is thine; Thy bows more true, thy shafts more fierce than mine, Hold, hold, O hold thy conquring hand. What need To send more darts \ the first has done the deed : Oft have we struggled, when our equal arms Shot equal shafts, inflicted equal harms ; But this exceeds, and with her flaming head, Twy-forkd with death, has struck my conscience dead. But must I die? ah me ! If t
. Quarles' Emblems . Yjf= As a dog retumeth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to Insfolly.—PROV. XXVI. II. O, I am wounded ! and my wounds do smart Beyond my patience or great Chirons art; I yield, I yield the day, the palm is thine; Thy bows more true, thy shafts more fierce than mine, Hold, hold, O hold thy conquring hand. What need To send more darts \ the first has done the deed : Oft have we struggled, when our equal arms Shot equal shafts, inflicted equal harms ; But this exceeds, and with her flaming head, Twy-forkd with death, has struck my conscience dead. But must I die? ah me ! If that were all, Then, then Id stroke my bleeding wounds, and call This dart a cordial, and with joy endure These harsh ingredients, where my griefs my cure. But something whispers in my dying ear, There is an after-day; which day I fear. Qrtarles Emblems. The slender debt to natures quickly paid,Dischargd, perchance, with greater ease than made ;But if that pale-facd sergeant make arrest,Ten thousand actions would (w
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