George Withers' Emblemes

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When "free bate greateU Gricfcs and Feares,
7° Tben^CorLfohxiotifweet'ftappeares.
ILLVSTR. VIII.
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Hen, all theyeare, our fields are frefli and grccne,
fAnd, while fwect F/«wj,and Sunjhine, every day,
fyAs oft, as need requireth) come betweene
1 he Heav'ns and earth h they hecdles paffe away.
The mines, and continuance, ot ablefimg,
Doth make us to be fenfeks ot the good:
And, if it fometimc flie not our poffeffing,
The fweemefTe of it, is not underftood.
Had wee no Winter, Sommer would bethought
Not halfe fo pleating : And, ifTempefts were nor,
Such Comforts could not by a Calm, be brought
For, things j faveby their oppofites, appeare not.
Both health, and wealth, is tallies unto forne 5
And, fo is cafe, and every otherfleafare,
TXWpoore, oxficke, ox grieved, they become
And, then, they relimthefe,in ampler meafure.
Cod, therefore (full as kinde, as he is wije)
So tempreth all the Favours he will doe us,
Thar, wee, his Bounties, may the better prize •
And, make his CbajUfewents Iefle bitterto us.
One while, a fcorching Indignation burncs
The Flowers and Blofomes of our H o p e s, away •
Which into Scarfitie, our Plentie turnes,
And, changeth vntnotwe-GraJfe to parched Hay j
Anon, his f'ruitfull /Ww,and plcafing denes,
Commixt with chcerefull Rayes, he fendeth downe j
And then the Barren-earth her cropp rcnewes,
Which with rich Harvefts, Hills, and Vallies Crowne r
For, as to relifh byes, he forrow fends,
So, Comfort on Ttmptation,i\i[\ y
attends.
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