. Emblems divine and moral . BOOK 1. E^ 37 1 PETER V. 8. Be sober, be vi^aiit; because your adversary the devil,as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whuin hemay devour. Why dost thou suffer lustful sloth to creej),Dull Cyprian lad. into thy wanton brows;Is this a time to pay thine idle vows 38 EMBLEMS. BOOK 1. At Morpheus shrine ? Is this a time to steepThy brains in wasteful slumbers ? up, and rouse Thy leaden spirit: Is this a time to sleep ?Adjourn thy sanguine dreams, awake, arise,Call in thy thoughts ; and let them aU advise, Hadst thou as many heads as thou hast woundede
. Emblems divine and moral . BOOK 1. E^ 37 1 PETER V. 8. Be sober, be vi^aiit; because your adversary the devil,as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whuin hemay devour. Why dost thou suffer lustful sloth to creej),Dull Cyprian lad. into thy wanton brows;Is this a time to pay thine idle vows 38 EMBLEMS. BOOK 1. At Morpheus shrine ? Is this a time to steepThy brains in wasteful slumbers ? up, and rouse Thy leaden spirit: Is this a time to sleep ?Adjourn thy sanguine dreams, awake, arise,Call in thy thoughts ; and let them aU advise, Hadst thou as many heads as thou hast woundedeyes. Look, look, what horrid furies do await Thy flattring slumbers ! If thy drowsy headBut chance to nod, thou fallst into a bed Of sulphrous flames, whose torments want a date,Fond boy, be wise, let not thy thoughts be fed With Phrygian wisdom ; fools are wise too late :Beware betimes, and let thy reason severThose gates which passion closd; wake now ornever; For if thou nodst thou fallst; and, falling, fallstfor ever. Mark, how the ready hands of
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