' I • ' c;::an he beY"u~g, that' sfeeole;weakand wan? So fair, forDng, wife, (o ri~h; foyoung i& Man. So fair is Man, that Death ( a parting blaft) Blafl:s his fair flow'r, and makes him earth :it1aft; So{l:rong is ~an, that with a gafping Breath He totters, at}d bequc:tths his jtrc11gth to DeH.tb • · , So wife is Ma~~, that if with Deathhe !hive, , His wi[dom cannot teach hin11 how to live ; So rich is !dan, that ( all his 7)ebts b'ing paid ) His ,..,ea:lth's the winding...ilicct wherein he's laid; \ .. So young ii M4n, that ( broke withCare a.ncl farrow) He's old enough to day, todie to morrow : Why bragg'ft thou then, thou worm offive-foot long? Th' art neither f4ir, nor ftrong, nor wife, nor ricw, .. m~.r [young. Mo~s chrifti. l.o J Thirft, amd who !hall quench this eager thirfl. ? .. I g,rieve, and withmygrief my heart will burft; 1grie-ve, bccaufe Ltbirjt without relief; I tbirfl, becaufe my foul is bttrnt with!rief;~ · . lthirft, and(dry,d with grief) my heart will die; 1grieve, and thirft the more; for forrow's 411: I The more I grieve, the more my thir~ appears: Would God 1had not grie~d out all my tears: 1 thir.fl, aRd yet my griefs have made aFlo1d, But tearsJue falt ; t .grieve, and thirfi for blofJd ; . ) grieve for blood, for blaod n1uft fend relief: J thirft for blood, for bLaod mull ~afe my grief : , l tbirfi for Jacred blood of a dear Lamb ·~ 1grieve ro think from wh~nce that dear.M~sd.cat'(le : 'Twas ihed for me, 0 lee a1c drink my fit!, · Although my r,.rief remainentire frill : . .1 0 -foveraign pow,r of that Vermillian sprilfg, _ Whofe venue, neither beatt conceives, no tongue canfi~· · . f raU' . . "' . '·
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