George Withers' Emblemes

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Time, if a Fading-flowre, that'sfound
Within Eternities leide round.
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[Ive Termes, there be, which five, I doc apply
To all, that hw,and ts^nd.jhallbt done.
Thejirjl, and lift, is that Et e rn i t i e,
Which, neither mall have End, nor, was begunne.
Be g inning, is the w.v/ 5
which, is a fpace
(Or moment rather) fcarce imaginarie,
Made, when the firft MaieriaS, formed was
And, then, forbidden, longer time to tarry.
Time entred, when, Beginning had an Ending,
And, is a ProgrefTe, all the workes of Nature,
Within the circuit of it, comprehending,
Ev'n till the period, oithe Outward-creature.
En d , is thefourth, of thofe five Termes I meane ,
(As briefe,as was Beginning) and, ordayncd,
To fet thclaft of moments, to that Sc