Quarles - PR3652 D58 1669

~ ., 4 / lnheavea's all Lift, no end, nor new fupplying i In hell's all Death~ and ye~ there is no dying/: . Earth ( like a partial Ambidexter ) doth , · Prepare for' 1)eath, or Life, prepares for both : · 'Who lives to fin, in hdl his pertion's given~ Who dies w fin, !hall after live in heaven.· . . Th~ugh Earth my Nu1{e be, heav'n, be thoLt my Ftt~ ·Ten thoiUand deaths let me endure rather (ther; Within my '!(urfes arms, then One ro Thee; Eanh~honor with thy frowns is death to me: I live on Earth, as on a Stage of farrow ; lord, ifthou pleafdt, end the Pl'tly to morrow : 1 live on ·Earth, as in a Dream of pleafu~e, Awa~eme when thou wilt, I wait thy leifure: ' " I live on Earth, put a~ of life bereaven~ , My life's wiih thee, for ( ·Lord) tho" art in Heave11; N Oching rY1at e'r was 11:1ade , wa..s made for nothing, Beafh for chv food , their stmt were for thy cloath'~"' Flowers for rhy frnell, and hc.rbs for cure good, ( ing: . Trees for chy,fl1ade, thei.r Fruit for pleafing food. The,JT?owcrs'fa_ll upon the fruitful ground, Whole kil}11y,:pewmakes.tend(r Grafs abound; The Grafsl'Prings forth for beafl:s to feed upon, And BeaSt; ate food for Man; but Ma~ alone Is lllldc to ferve his Lout in all his ways, And·be fhe Trumpet of his Makers prai[e. lee Heav'n b~ then to me obdurc as brafs, The Eartb as iro1Jl, unapt f0r grain or grafs, Then lee my Ftoct:s cvmf~:tme, and nev~r freed me, tee pinci:ingFamine want wherewi~h to feed me, "\Vhe.~al tor~ec (0 honQt thee, ( my Lord 1 ) I Thy t;lorio~s httrii~~ttcs, thy Wurtr, ~hy Wqrd. 0

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