A F111ft for Worms~ He joy' d.t~ fee that God hadnot. forgo~ His drooping iervant, and forfook him ~et ; He joy;d, in hope th.e Gowrd ftrange wonder will Perfwade the people, he's a Propl<let fiill ; The frefh ;1lpeet did_n1ud1 refre01 his fight i . The herbal fa.vour gave his fenfc delight : ThusJonah much aeli~hred in his Gourd, Enjoy'd the plealures t11at it did afford. . But, LQrd! What earthly thing can long remain ? How momentany are they ~ and how vain ! · How vain is card1, that man delighted in it ! Her pleafures rife, and vani01 in !1 minic : How fleeting are the joys we find belew, Whoie tides ( uncertain ) ofcner ebb, than flow ! For fee ·! this Gourd (that wasfo tait and feund ) Is quire cGnlum'd and ea~cn to rhe ground i No fooner Titan .lud up-healdhis hei!.d 1 From off the pillowof his f.atrron bed, But heav·'H prepaed a filly, filly w0rm, ( Perchancebrought thither by an Eaftern fiorrn ) The worm that muft obcy,and well knew h9w, Confum'd the Gourd, nor left it root nor bough; Confi.tm'd it firaight with~n a n~inute~ [pace, Left nought; but ( tlcepirig ) ]fJJZM in the place. Meditat~· 1;. Tlle pleafLtres of the world ( which loort abate J Are livelyEmblcnu ot our own e~ace, · . Which (like a Banquet at aFm.1'ul !how)- Bm fweeren grief, and ferve to flatter wo. Pleaf~~e is fleeting ftill, and makes no flay, Ic lends a fmiJe 0r twain, and fteals aw!y• . Mms life is hckl~,. f~ll of winged haflc,. . ' "J · lt !flQCki the fenfe W~~hJO)'~ and1oon do~$ Waft~:·· }.;. !>lear\i.re .-.
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