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Emblemes by Francis Quarles.
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- Title
- Emblemes by Francis Quarles.
- Author
- Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
- Publication
- Cambridge :: Printed by R. D. for Francis Eglesfeild ...,
- 1643.
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PROVERBS 23. 5.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches make themselves wings, they slie away as an Eagle.
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FAlse world, thou ly'st: Thou canst not lend
The least delight:
Thy •…•…avours cannot gain a Friend,
They are so slight:
Thy morning pleasures make an end
To please at night:
Poore are the wants that thou supply'st,
And yet thou vaunt'st, and yet thou vy'st
With heav'n; Fond earth thou boasts; false world thou ly'st.
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Thy babbling tongue tels golden tales
Of endlesse treasure;
Thy bountie offers easie sales
Of lasting pleasure;
Thou ask'st the Conscience what she ails,
And swear'st to ease her;
There's none can want where thou supply'st:
There's none can give where thou deny'st.
Alas, sond world thou boasts; salse world thou ly'st.
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What well advised eare regards
What earth can say?
Thy words are gold, but thy rewards
Are painted clay;
Thy cunning can but pack the cards;
Thou canst not play:
Thy game at weakest, still thou vy'st;
If •…•…een, and then revy'd, deny'ft;
Thou art not what thou seem'st: false world, thou ly'st.
4
Thy tinsil bosome seems a mint
Of new-coin'd treasure,
A Paradise, that has no stint,
No change, no measure;
A painted cask, but nothing in't,
Nor wealth, nor pleasure:
Vain earth! that falsly thus comply'st
With man: Vain man! that thus •…•…ely'st
On earth: Vain man, thou dot'st: Vain earth, thou ly'st.
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What mean dull souls, in this high measure
To haberdash
In earths base wares, whose greatest treasure
Is drosse and trash?
The height of whose inchaunting pleasure
Is but a flash?
Are these the goods that thou supply'st
Us mortalls with? Are these the high'st?
Can these bring cordiall peace? False world, thou ly'st.
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PET. BLES.
This world is 〈◊〉〈◊〉: Her end is doubtfull; Her con∣clusion is horrible; Her Judge is terrible; And her punishment is •…•…tolerable.S. AUGUST. lib. Confess.
The vain glory of this world is a deceitfull sweetnesse, a fruitlesse labour, a perpetuall fear, a dange•…•…ous honour: Her beginning is without providence, and her end not without re∣pe•…•…ance.
EPIG. 5.
World, th' a•…•…t a traytour; thou hast stampt thy base
And chymick metall with great Caesars face;
And with thy bastard bullion thou hast barter'd
For wares of price; how justly drawn and quarter'd!