Emblemes (1635) (14564672769)
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Title: Emblemes
Year: 1635 (1630s)
Authors: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 Benlowes, Edward, 1603?-1676
Subjects: Emblems
Publisher: London, Printed by G.M. (George Miller?) and sold at Iohn Marriots Shope
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pt& ir.imaw m may no (maXx%no)^ositusj Will MarshallJculf ■ Soofct. tMBLEMES. ; lAM. I. XIV. Every man is tempted, Ivhenheisdfffiom■jmay by bis crspn hU^and enticed. Serpent, Eve, top. KTOt eat? Not &fe Nx>t tpuch?Not carl: an eye±N Vponthe Fruit of this faire Tree? And why ?Why eatft thou- not what Heav4n oriaind for food ?pi canrT thotr think that bad3whieh heavn cald Good?Why was it made3if not to be enjoyd ?Neglect of favoursmakes a favour voyd iBlefiings-unusd pervert into a vVaitj • As well a ^Surfeits ; Woman 3 Do but taft:See how the laden boughs make filent SuitTo be enjoyd; Look, How their bending FruftMeet thee halfe wayj Obferve but how theycrouckrTo kifle thy hand 5 Coywoman3Db but touch:Mark what apure Vermilian blufla has. dy*dThe«r fwelling Cheeks,and how,for (hame3they hitfeTheir palfre heads^to fee themfelves ftand byNeglected : Woman3 Do but caft an eye $VVhat bounteous heavn ordaind for ufe.ref ufe not j,Come,puIl and eat. yabufe the things ye uf
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Francis QuarlesFrancis Quarles war ein englischer Dichter und Emblematiker. Gemessen an der Auflagenzahl seiner Werke, besonders der beiden beliebtesten, des Gedichtbandes Emblemes und der Aphorismensammlung Enchyridion, gilt er seinem Biographen Karl Josef Höltgen zufolge als der „populärste englische Dichter des 17. Jahrhunderts“. Die Zeit seines Wirkens fällt größtenteils in die politisch und religiös unruhige Regierungszeit Karls I., mit dessen Politik und den daraus erwachsenden gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen Quarles sich in seinen Werken kritisch auseinandersetzte. .. weiterlesen