- . Me4itat•.~· · -. . LO, Death is now, a~ always it Itarh bin~ ·· The jufr procured fiipertd of Qur fin: " . ;. :}!nJ'S 3: golden .Cau.fie, and a Road · . . Garnifht with Joys, ~a0fe paths are even and hroa.d :l :But leads at length to death, and endlefs grief, ! To torments~ and. to pains with~ut relief. ' Jufiice fears nohe, but makcth all afraid, ~nd then falls hardcfr, when 'cjs mofr delaid. But thou repli'ft, thy fins are daily great, Yet thou {jr'fi: ··~mcomrouFdupon thy feat ; Thy wheat dorh ~?urifh~ - and thy barn.s do rhri;re~ Thy ilicep encreaie, thy fot1s are all ahve , · - tmd tl~ou art buxom, 3:n~ haft nothing fcant, : · Finding no -want of .any thing, but want; . • ~hiEf.l: others, :whom the fq.uint-er'd world counts nolyo. Si~ faeily drooP.ing i~ a Melansholy) '. With brow deJeCted, and down-hanging head, Or takc of al inS", er poor1y beg ·their bread.: But young man, 'know there i~aDay'of doom, theFca~ is g?od; umill the rcak~nit:~g come·) The rime runs fafrefr, where .is leafi x:cgard, l he f.l:one that~s long in falli.ng, falleth h~rd ; Thue i~- a Dying d;Ly, (thou p-rofp:.rous fool) yvhen all thy laughter fl,all be:.turn'd to Dole, 'Thy rob~s to tbrt~~ing· pl~~s, and -~ell tormenting; . f'hywhoopsof Joy, ro.~owls of,fad: ~ame~ingi 1 hy tong~e lhall'yell, ana yawl, and ncv.er ·fiop;. · And wiib a,world to give for one poor drop. . To ~atter thine intolerable pain; • . ··. ,, Thewealth-of Pluto could not thc:n obtain . ; , .. , A minutes freedom from that hellilh rout; · Whofc ti~~ burns 3 and never gocth out : 1 . N \ . ·:: :". ; · _ · . Of /
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