George Withers' Emblemes

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The Fourth Lotterit
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Moft men dcfire ro gaine the Fdte,
Wflich kecpes them fafe, io ev'ry ftate
And, you, no doubt, would fainc provide,
A station, which might firme abide.
If fo you meane ,
your Lot hath brought,
Some fiewes of that,which you have fought:
For, by your Emblem, you may fee,
What men (hall moft unmooved be.
Sec, Emb.X.
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You feeme,to wonder, much of late,
That, fome goe backmdraf in tfidte,
Who feemc to thrive $ and, why,wefinde,
Thofe Friends, who feemed very kinde,
( And,forWard,good refpe&s to (how)
Doe ;
now uokinde, and fro"ward grow.
But, when your Emblem you (hall fee,
No wonder, then, fuch things will be.
Sce,£w*.XI.
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Thou fcek'ft a Cotiejuefi j or, (at Icaft)
Of fuch a Pow'r to bee poflcft,
As none can conquer ;
And, behold,
Thou , in an Emblem, (halt be told
The meancs to get thy hearts defire.
Yer, know, that if thou come no nigher,
Then but to know the meanes oibltffe,
The farther off, the blefing is.
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Thou liv'fl, as one who thinks, that,Fm
All Actions did nefefttdtt i
And, that to doe,ot leave undent,
Thy Bufineffes, came all ro one.
If, thus thou thinke, perhar*s,this Chtnu
May helpeto cure thine ignorance 8
And, (how, when 'twill be, wholly, fit
To Fdte, our matters, to commit.
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Thy N»i°hbors houfe when thou doft view,
Welfurmfrt, pledfdnt, Urge, or new,
Thou thinkftgood La res, alwaies dwell,
In Lodgings that are trimm'd fo well.
But, by thine Emblem, thou art fhowne,
That (ifthou lov'dft what is thine t»ne)
Tbdttht Roofes, as true Contentments yccld,
As thofe, that arc with CttUr fccld.
Vainc Fdnckt, therefore, from thee caft
And, be content with what thou haft.
See, Emi. XIV.
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