George Withers' Emblemes

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Who, Patience tempts* beyond her fir engfb,
Will make it Fury, m the length.
;Lthc ugh wre know nor a more patient crca u e,
/MS® r ban is the Lambe, (or,of I flc I a r frll ratu^)
Yet, as thi< Emblem fluwes, n hen i htldtfh v*. iacg^
hacn xoubkd, and pr .vok'd him overlong,
Heegrowes enrag'd ; and makes the wanton Bt-yes,
Bee glad ro !eav. their (ports, and urn their way.es.
T bus have I tceoc it with fomc Child, en fare,
Who, when their Parous too indulgent were,
Have urg'd them, till their Doting grew to Rage,
And.fhut them wholly from their Heritage.
Thus, many times, a foolifli man doth lofe
His faithfull Frien d