George Withers' Emblemes

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>Vch pleafant Fkmes, as here arc fliadow'd out
5(Full-grown,well trim'd, and ftrongly fene'd about)
* At firft,pcrchance,had planting (where they ftand)
And, husbanding, by fome good Gard'nevs hand
But, when to petted ripenefle,they ate grown,
(And,fpread forth leaves, and blolTomes, fully blownc}
They draw it from the Vertue of the Sunne,
Which worked), when the Gard'ners worke is done
For, loft were all his Travaile, and his praife,
Vnlcfle that Planet cheare them with his rayes.
In this our Pilgrimage, it fares with us
(In all our hofes, and all our lafours) thus.
For, whatfoever bus'nefle wee intend,
On G«d,our good fucceffes doe depend.
Our Hands may build ;
but, ftru&ures vaine we make,
Till God, to be cbiefe.builder, undertake.
To wall a City , wee may beare thecoft
But, he mu(r£«rfr