Emblemes (1658) (14560767198)
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Title: Emblemes
Year: 1658 (1650s)
Authors: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. Hieroglyphikes of the life of man Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650 Simpson, William, fl. 1635-1646
Subjects: Emblems
Publisher: London : Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfeild, and are to be sold at the Crowne, & at ye Marygold St. Paules Churchyard
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not vfhat time he tpifl come : wait altpdyes thdthecAufe thou knomeU not the time of his coming , thou mayeft beprepared againft the time hi comech. Andfor thii ferchance, thottknoweflnot the time, hecaufe thou mayeflbe prepared againJiaStimes. EP IG, 6. Exfpe£^, but fear not death .-death cannot kill 5Till rime, (that firft muft feal her Patent) will:Wouldft thou live long ? keep Time in high eftecm jWhom gone, if thou canft not recal, redeem, Z 34^ Bieraglyfh, VII.
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Hieroglyph, VII. 347 Jo B 18.6, His lightJhdlhe dark:, and his candle Jhallkcput out. \/WHat ails our tapour^^ Isher luftrefled, OrfoiPd? what dire difafter bredThis change, that thus Ihc vails her golden head ; 2It was but very now (he fhind as faitAs Venm ftar. Her glory nr;ig;.t compareWith r>mi/««, burnilht with her brothers hair, ?There was no cave-begotten damp that moughtAbufe her beams 5 no wind that went aboutTo break her peace 5 no puff to put her our. 4Lift up thy wondxing thoughts, and thou (halt fpie A caufe, will clear thy doubts, but cloud thine eye : Subjeds muft vail> when as their ijovreigns by. 5Canft thou behold bright PhochtHy and thy fight No whit impaird / the objed: is too bright 3 The weaker yields unto the ftronger ligtit. 6 Great God, I amthy tapour, thou my fun; From thee the Spring of light, my light begun j Yctif thy light but ihine, my light is done. 7If thou witJidraw thy light, my light will fhineiIf thine appear, how poor a light is mine ? , M
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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