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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

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EPIGRAM 14.

[Ah, treach'rous soule, would not thy Pleasures give]

Ah, treach'rous soule, would not thy Pleasures give
That Lord which made thee living, leave to live?
See, what thy sinnes have done: Thy sinnes have made
The Sun of Glory now become thy Shade.