Emblems With elegant figures newly published. By J. H. [i.e. John Hall] |
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[In vain you court my wanton taste]
I was hungry within, because I wanted thee my inward meat O my God.
3. Conf. cap. 4.
In vain you court my wanton taste
Choycest of Natures delicates!
There is no strength in such repast
Though gained by excessive rates
[illeg.]e onely counterfeit a feast,
Devour what aire, earth, sea, can give
Thou'lt not one moment longer live.
Choycest of Natures delicates!
There is no strength in such repast
Though gained by excessive rates
[illeg.]e onely counterfeit a feast,
Devour what aire, earth, sea, can give
Thou'lt not one moment longer live.
No, but accelerate thy fall
Though stuff'd with whatsoever spice
The East can yield, though fancy shall
(Assisted by proud lust) devize
To swallow at one bit this All.
Art thou so blind thou canst not see
Thy self thus tantalized bee?
Though stuff'd with whatsoever spice
The East can yield, though fancy shall
(Assisted by proud lust) devize
To swallow at one bit this All.
Art thou so blind thou canst not see
Thy self thus tantalized bee?
If that thy parched gums be dry
(The other are not reall) and
If hunger gripe thy stomack, fly
To him who'll lead thee by the hand.
Where thou may'st streams of life espy
There drink thy fill at any rate
Thou canst not be intemperate.
(The other are not reall) and
If hunger gripe thy stomack, fly
To him who'll lead thee by the hand.
Where thou may'st streams of life espy
There drink thy fill at any rate
Thou canst not be intemperate.
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There is the true Ambrosia
Food worthy the Ætheriall soul,
Which shall due nourishment conveigh,
Such as no hunger can controul:
But it thy fainting limbs will stay
With due refreshment, which shall bee
As long-liv'd as Æternity:
Food worthy the Ætheriall soul,
Which shall due nourishment conveigh,
Such as no hunger can controul:
But it thy fainting limbs will stay
With due refreshment, which shall bee
As long-liv'd as Æternity:
O do but taste and see how far
These Sodom-apples do deceive,
They do beguile the eye as fair
Rich Balls of gold; but th'taste bereave
And in an instant vanish'd are,
The other tasted truly fill
And further touch't are sweeter still.
These Sodom-apples do deceive,
They do beguile the eye as fair
Rich Balls of gold; but th'taste bereave
And in an instant vanish'd are,
The other tasted truly fill
And further touch't are sweeter still.
Mad Prodigalls we may a while
Hurried away by lust go eat
Husks with the nasty hogs, but still
We no society beget
Till that our father doth us fill
And we return, O let us go
Since we such entertainment know.
Hurried away by lust go eat
Husks with the nasty hogs, but still
We no society beget
Till that our father doth us fill
And we return, O let us go
Since we such entertainment know.
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Epigram 5.
Eat hungry Boy? go to yon vine there seeThe grapes of life in purple clusters be,
There meet with Israels sheepheard, 'tis his vine
He's gardner both and sun to dress and shine.
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