George Withers' Emblemes

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1 Dame Fortune (iot thefe Reafons) piclur'd, thus;
I iAf hath a C«w/j £#^, to declare,
How pleafing fhec doth ufajlly appearc
To them, that love her Favours. She is blinde,
(Or, hath (rill clofed eyes) to put in minde,
How blindly, and how heedlefly, (hcthrowes
Her Largefle, where her Bounty, (he beftowes.
She /lands upon a Ball ; that, wee may Iearne,
Of outward things, the tottering, to dtfecrne:
Her Ball hath rrings ; that it may fignifie
How apt her Favours are, away to//*.
A S karfe difpUycd ly the wind, (he beares, ]
(And, oh her naked Body, nothing weares)
To (hew, that what her Favorite injoyes,
Is not fo much for Ffefulneffe, as ttyes.
Her Head it bairelefle, all, except before j
To teach thee, that thy care lhould be the more
To hold herformop kindncjje, alwayes fait 5
Left, Hie doe mow thee flipp'ry tricks, at laft.
And laflly, that her changing may be fhowne
She beareth in her Hand a Wayned- mount.
By this Defcription, you may now defcry
Her t rue conditions, full as well as I :
And, if you.ftill, fuppofe her, worth fuch honour,
Ycu have my leave to iw#,and irajtupoa her.
Moreover (to her credit)! confefTe,
'I his Moth falfly faith, her Ftckleneffe
Is Itke the Moones : For, (he hath frown'd on mee
Twelve Moones, at leaft •
and, yet, no Change I fee.
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