George Withers' Emblemes

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ThofeV oolts "»hm Beauties Flame aoth bli nict
Feek Death, fvbereLiic they thngbttojinde.
Hen ycu doc next behold the wanton Fljts
About the mining Candlt, c< me ro play,
Vntill the Light \ hereof hath dimm'd their Eyes,
Or, till the F/*w«hath fing'd their Wings away :
Remember, then, this Emblem ;
and, beware
You be not playing at fuch harmefull Games :
Confider, if there fit no Female, there,
That overwarmes you, with her Beauties Flame:,
Take heed, you dop not ovei dally fo
As to inflame the Tinder of Defire*,
But, fliun the Mifchiefe, e're too late it grow,
Left you be fcorched in that Fooli/h-Fire.
For, as thofe Wandrin%.Fite$ which in the Night,
Doe leade unwary Traueltcrs aftray,
Alluring them, by their deceiving Sig r t y
Till rhey have altogether loft their way ;
Right fb fannfticke Beaaty dorh amaze
The Luft full Eye, allures the Heart afide,
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Cap ivcs the Senfes (by a fudden blazO
And, leaves the ludgement wholly ftupify'd.
Nay, if Men play too long about thofe Tmeit^
Such is the Nature of their wanton Flame,
Thar, from their B idies (unawares) it fcorches
Thofe Wings and Feet, on which they thither came.
Ic wafteth (cv'n to nothing) all their Wealth,
Confumes their precious Time, deftroyes their Strength
Befpots their HoneJlFiime, impaires their Hea ib,
And (when their Fatall Thread is at the length)
That thing, on which their Hope of Life is plac'r.
Shall bring them to Deflrucim^ at the lafi.
Let