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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

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EPIGRAM 1.

[My soule, cheare up: What if the night be long?]

My soule, cheare up: What if the night be long?
Heav'n finds an eare, when sinners find a tongue:
Thy teares are Morning show'rs: Heav'n bids me say,
When Peters Cock begins to crow, 'tis Day.