George Withers' Emblemes

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When to fuppretfc w% Men intend*
They make ui higher to afcend.
!Hen weobferve the Ball, how to and fro
The Gamefters force it j we may ponder thus
That whU'ft weliveweihall beplaydwith fo,
And that the W«rld will make her Game of us.
Adverfities, one while our hearts conftraine
To ftoope, and knock the Pavements of Dtfiaire 5
Hffpt^ like a Whirle-wind mounts us up againe,
Tilloft it lofc us in the empty ayre.
Sometimes, above the Battlements we Iooke
Sometimes, we quite below the Lint arc toft
Another- while, againft the Hazard ftrookc,
We, but a little want, of being loft.
Detra8ion,Envie, Mifcbief, and Delight,
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One Partie make, and watchfully attend
To catch us when we rife to any Height ;
Left we above their hatred mould afcend.
Gtod- Fortune, Praifer, Htpts y
and Tndujlries,
Doe fide-together, and make Play co plcafe us
But, when by them wc thinke more high to rife,
More great they make our Fall, and more difeafe us.
Yea, they that leeke our £*/