. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . ld Jse. LOW is the wafted Taper late fo vigorouPiy fhone jThe lengthend Snafr doei dimly Toon will link into its Urn. Death fhake the Tree with clafping Arm?,The Fruit and Leaves fail off in Swarms ;Naked are left the Trunk and Boughs,Exposd to cvry V/ind that blows* So Man at Sixty v/hen arrivd. Of all his Glory is deprivd ; J or then h^s Strength and Beautys gone. And nothings left bat Skin and Bone. Reflexion. Sixty 13 come, with all its Fraikies too,A bending Body, and a fur
. Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books . ld Jse. LOW is the wafted Taper late fo vigorouPiy fhone jThe lengthend Snafr doei dimly Toon will link into its Urn. Death fhake the Tree with clafping Arm?,The Fruit and Leaves fail off in Swarms ;Naked are left the Trunk and Boughs,Exposd to cvry V/ind that blows* So Man at Sixty v/hen arrivd. Of all his Glory is deprivd ; J or then h^s Strength and Beautys gone. And nothings left bat Skin and Bone. Reflexion. Sixty 13 come, with all its Fraikies too,A bending Body, and a furrovvd Brow,The Tree now quivers wich a Zephyrs Breath rThe Fruit and Leaves fall oif—tis fhcok by Death,Forward he and thei-e the Grave S ep ortvvo, and in he he reviews Iiis various Scenes of Life, can he fee but Foly, ^An and Strife ?If on the St;ge he ?.^ti\ weil ; Part,Twill be chearing Cordial to his Heart ;Chearfjl he goes, defccnding to the Grave,Ki> Bodys Pvcfr, and Heavn his SohI will have*. [ I90 ] XXXXXXXXXXX^XXXXXXXXX HIEROGLYPHICK TKe Sun at laft is funk below,A feeble Glimmers all his Shew-So Man, to Seventy arrisJ,Can only fay, / once hav^e Uvd. [ 191 ]HIEROGLYPHICK XV. Alaris lajl Stage. rHE v^nufFhas almoft reachd its Um ;Cicudy and thick its Light ;miy you fee the Taper bum ;Twill icon be out of Sight. Man advanced to the StageOf Threefcore Years and ten ; Drn out with Labour, Cares, and Age,By Death mull clofe the Scene. 3 manly Brow, where Dignity Sat bravely on her Throne,rrowd with Wrinkles here we fee, A ghaflly Vifage grown. 5 Head and Hands, with Palfey Offices have loA ;1.^ feeble Legs, and fearful Look,Is all his glorious Boafl. Reflexio Inch of Candle left ? there is,o now reducM almoft to Snuff and Lee?,i what is Man to Seventy Years arrivM ?N\ hat can he fay, but that / cnce hwve faplefs Trunk, now witherd and decayd,at is it but an Ever-Iengthend Shade,aen Phabus finks
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