. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . ^ fovreign powVSubject poor ibuls to thy imperious thrall !They fay, thy cups composd of fweet and four; They lay, thy diets honey mixd with gall jHow comes it then to pafs, thefe lips of oursStill trade in bitter ; tafte no fweet at all ?O tyrant love ! fhall our perpetual toilNeer find a fabbath to refrefli a while [fmile ?Our drooping fouls i* art thou all frowns, and neer a You blefied maids of honour, that frequentThe royal courts of our renownd Jehove,With flowrs reftore my fpirits faint and fpent;O fe
. Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man . ^ fovreign powVSubject poor ibuls to thy imperious thrall !They fay, thy cups composd of fweet and four; They lay, thy diets honey mixd with gall jHow comes it then to pafs, thefe lips of oursStill trade in bitter ; tafte no fweet at all ?O tyrant love ! fhall our perpetual toilNeer find a fabbath to refrefli a while [fmile ?Our drooping fouls i* art thou all frowns, and neer a You blefied maids of honour, that frequentThe royal courts of our renownd Jehove,With flowrs reftore my fpirits faint and fpent;O fetch me apples from loves fruitful cool my palate, and renew my fcent,For I am fick, for I am fick of love: Thefe will revive my dry, my wafted powrs,And they will fweeten my unfavry hours ;Refrefh me then with fruit, and comfort me with [flowrs. * The word, in our modern bibles^ hjaggons. O hxin^ ^rnl- 2. Caat 25 (riif me tft^Flt^ Jruits, thr Ciriinp^ shn- the /urni/i/jf FertTitr o^mv Soul. BookV. emblems. 197 3- O bring me apples to afTwage that fire, Which, ^tna-like, inflames my flaming breaft ;Nor is it evry apple I defire. Nor that which pleafes evry palate beft:Tis not the lading deuzan * I require. Nor yet the rfd-cheekd queening* i requeft :Nor that which firft befhrewd f the name of that whofe beauty causd the golden ftrifeiNo, no, bring me an apple from the tree of life. 4-Virgins, tuck up your filken laps, and fill yeWith the fair wealth of Floras magazine ;The purple violet, and the pale-faced lily : The panfy and the organ colombine ;Thhe flowring thvme, the gilt-bowl dafFodilly;The lowly pink, the lofty eglantine : The blufhing rofe, the queen of flowVs, and beft Of Floras beauty ; but, above the reft, [brealL Let Jefles X fovreign flowr perfume my qualming 5- Hafte, virgms, hafle, for I lie weak, and faint Beneath the pangs of love j why fland ye
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