Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638) | ||
EPIGRAM 8.
[What need that House be daub'd with flesh and blood?]
What need that House be daub'd with flesh and blood?Hang'd round with silks and gold; repair'd with food?
Cost idly spent! That cost does but prolong
Thy thraldome; Foole, thou mak'st thy Jayle too strong.
Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638) | ||