George Withers' Emblemes

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THE FOVRTH
LOTTERIE.
[Hou, ofa noble minde, arc thought,
Which,heav'nly things, hath chiefly fought,
And, fcorn'ft thy vertue to debafe,
By loving thofe of lower place.
If fo, thine Emblem doth cxprefTe
Thy Wifdome, and thy worthynejje.
But, if to earthward thou incline ;
Thence, learnc Affection* more Divine.
See, Emb.l.
Some words or thoughts, perhaps, of your
Have vvrong'd Gods providence, or Pow'r
Els, you (it may be) to fome place,
Confine his unconfined Grdct
Or, thinke,he never takethoare,
Of any Realm, but where you are.
Your Lot, now, therefore, ckjth provide,
To have your ludgemM redtifide. '
See,£w*.Il.
Thou maift be wife, but, there is, yet,
Some crack, or failing in thy wit :
For, thou doft per(onate apart,
That, fhowes thee orher,thcn thou art.
Thine Emblem, therefore, doth declare,
What Habit, fuch deferve to weare j
And, that, he merits Afles eares,
Who ii not, that, which he appeares.
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See, Emb. III.
You have, as yet, much worke to doe,
But, you have littlt time thereto
That, UttU, flyes away with fpeed,
And, you the Loffe, as little heed.
Left, therefore, all your time be gone,
Before you duely thinke thereon,
A memorandum you have gor,
By drawing, of this luckie Lot.
Sec, Emb. IV.
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