George Withers' Emblemes

A little Wk y
may ftand in ftead,
When Strength doth faile-, in time of need.
He SquirreH, when fheemuftgoefeeke her food,
paffage through fome neighb'ring/W,
ffi fe By ma *" n g
13^$ (And feares to be devoured by theStreame)
Tbu% helpes her weakneffe, by a Stratagem.
On £ ocks, or chips, which on the waves doc flore,
She rvmbly leaps
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and, making them her boate
( By helpe of Wmdes,of Current, and of Tide)
h wafted over to the further fide.
Thus, thar, which for the Body proves unfit,
Muft often be acquired by the Wit.
And, what our outward Fortm ts fhall denye,
Oar providence muft labour to fupply.
Thofe Cafualttes, which may our need befriend,
We fhould withheedfull diligence attend;
And , watch to feize thofe opportunities,
Which, men of abler fortunes may defpife.
Some Birds,when they an Oyfter would unlock,
Mount up, and let it fall upon a Rock ;
And, when the Cockles on the Shores lye gafping,
(At ev'ry Tides approach their Shells unclafping)
Crowes caft in Pebles, and fo take that meat
By craft, which by thtixforce they could not get.
Wee, by indeav'ring thus, may gaine, at length,
Thar, which at firfr appeares above our frrcngth.
Ey little Screws sn entrance we m^y make,
Where Barresoflren cannot pafTage breake.
Small Engines, lift huge weights ;
and, we have heard,
That one Wije-ma» (though poore without regard^
May five a City, when the Men of W*nc,
And, all their Captaincs,z: anon plus are.