. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . the ostrich wings of my desires shall beSo dull, they cannot mount the least degree, Yet grant my sole desire, but of desiring thee. S. Bern. Med. ix. My heart is a vain heart, a vagabond and instableheart; while it is led by its own judgment, and wantingdivine counsel, cannot subsist in itself; and whilst itdivers ways seeketh rest, findeth none, but remainethmiserable through labour, and void of peace : it agreethnot with itself, it dissenteth from itself; it altereth resolu-tions, changeth the judg
. Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man . the ostrich wings of my desires shall beSo dull, they cannot mount the least degree, Yet grant my sole desire, but of desiring thee. S. Bern. Med. ix. My heart is a vain heart, a vagabond and instableheart; while it is led by its own judgment, and wantingdivine counsel, cannot subsist in itself; and whilst itdivers ways seeketh rest, findeth none, but remainethmiserable through labour, and void of peace : it agreethnot with itself, it dissenteth from itself; it altereth resolu-tions, changeth the judgment, frameth new thoughts,pulleth down the old, and buildeth them up again : itwilleth and willeth not ; and never remaineth in thesame state. S. August, de Verb. Apost. When it would, it cannot; because when it might,it would not : therefore by an evil will man lost hisgood power. Epig. I. My soul, how are thy thoughts disturbd, confined,Enlargd betwixt thy members and thy mind !Fix here or there ; thy doubt-depending causeCan neer expect one verdict twixt two laws. EMBLEMS. MS Emblem i. PSALM CXIX. 5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes 1 T^^HUS I, the object of the worlds disdain,^ With pilgrim face surround the weary earth \I only relish what the world counts vain ; Her mirths my grief j her sullen grief my mirth ;Her light my darkness ; and her truth my freedom is my gaol \ and her delight my terror. Fond earth ! proportion not my seeming love To my long stay ; but let my thoughts deceive thee Thou art my prison, and my home s above ;My life s a preparation but to leave thee : Like one that seeks a door, I walk about thee : With thee I cannot live ; I cannot live without thee. 146 EMBLEMS. liooKiv. | The world s a labrinth, whose anfractuous ways Are all composd of rugs and crookd meanders :No resting here ; he^s hurried back that stays A thought; and he that goes unguided, wanders:Her way is dark, her path untrod, unevn ;So hards the way from eart
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