With undertak establish growth i New-str 1 To IT is m as Qu should b venture rage for guished presente Dum Coelum afpicio Solum defpicio. fervent Thoughts arise. While to high Hearn our The Soul all Earthly Treasures can despise. Hugo de Anima. They are justly punished, that abuse lawful ti.zz:. but they are most justly punished, that use ne things; thus Lucifer fell from heaven; thus Adan lure kis paradise. EPIG. 2. See how these fruitful kernels, being cast Upon the earth, how thick they spring! how fast! III. PROV. xiv. 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heariness. A LAS! fond child, 1. How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps Go seek for ease in hell, Or sprightly nectar from the mouths of aspa The world's a hive, 2 From whence thou derive No good, but what thy soul's vexation bringa : Some petti-petti-sweet, Each drop is guarded with a thousand stings. Why dost thou make 3. These murm'ring troops forsake The safe protection of their waxen homes ? ye contains 's worth thy pains ; here, alas! but engagem 4. For trash and toys, And grief-engend'ring joys, What torment seems too sharp for flesh and blood! Compos'd of real ills, Men swallow down, to purchase one false good! The dainties here, 5. Are least what they appear; Is found not always mellow ; The fairest tulip's not the sweetest flow'r. Fond youth, give o'er, 6. And vex thy soul no more In seeking what were better far unfound; Are only present pains To gather scorpions for a future wound. 7. What's earth? or in it, That longer than a minute, Can lend a free delight that can endure > O who would droil,* Or delve in such a soil, Where gain's uncertain, and the pain is sure? S. AUGUST. Sweetness in temporal matters is deceitful: it is a labour and a perpetual fear; it is a dangerous pleasure, whose beginning is without providence, and whose end is not without repentance. * Droil, i, e. drudge. HUGO. |