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Title: Emblems, divine and moral
Year: 1824 (1820s)
Authors: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 Harvey, Christopher, 1597-1663 Wilkins, W. Walker (William Walker)
Subjects: Emblems
Publisher: London : J. Robins
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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ather a hawk (in falconry) signifies to set herabroad to take the air. t Rank bate; a strong spring for flight. X Leash ; the thong by which a hawk is fastened to herstuck or perch. 128 EMBLEMS. BOOK V. Which if thou please to break, and then supplyMy wings with spirit, th eagle shall not flyA pitch thats half so fair, nor half so swift as I. S. Bonavent. Soliloq. Cap. i.Ah, sweet Jesus ! pierce the marrow of iny soulwith the healthful shafts of thy love, that it maytruly burn, and melt, and languish, -with the onlydesire of thee; that it may desire to be dissolved,and to be with thee: let it hunger alone for thebread of life: let it thirst after thee, the spiingand fountain of eternal light, the stream of truepleasure: let it always desire thee, seek thee, andfind thee, and sweetly rest in thee. Epig. 9.What, will thy shackles neither loose nor break ?Are they too strong, or is thy arm too weak ?Art will prevail where knotty strength denies;My soul, theres aquafortis in thine eyes. f
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Pfalm 04,2 .7.Zcrd,fi*ee ?nv Captive. Soul,- a/t/l then thyj^rau-eShaft /ill the remnant cfmrjinful J)a\\r. BOOK V.—EMBLEM X. Psalm CXLU. 7. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praisethy name. My soul is Jike a bird; my flesh the cage,Wherein she wears her weary pilgrimageOf hours as few as evil, daily fedWith sacred wine and sacramental bread:The keys that lock her in, and let her out,Are birth and death ; twixt both she hops aboutFrom perch to perch, from sense to reason,; then,From higher reason, down to sense agaiu :From sense she climbs to faith ; where for a seasonShe sits and sings; then down agaiu to reason :From reason back to faith, and straight from thenceShe rudely flutters to the perch of sense:From sense to hope; then hops from hope to doubt;From doubt to dull despair; there seeks aboutFor desprate freedom, and at evry grateShe wildly thrusts, and begs th* untimely dateVOL. ii. s 130 EMBLEMS. BOOK V. Of unexpired thraldom, to releaseTV afflicted captive, that can f

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