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of Helicon, and the pleasures of divine with those of human 

 Love, It cannot however be denied that a general spirit of 

 fervent piety pervades his writings, and that in them much 

 original imagery may be found, combined with fertility and 

 harmony of expression. 



In illustration we may take a portion of the ninth emblem 

 of the third book, wherein the snares of the World are 

 enumerated — 



" Poor Soul ! how art thou hurried to and fro ! 

 Where canst thou safely stay, where safely go? 

 If stay — these hot-mouthed hounds are apt to tear thee, 

 If go — the snares enclose, the nets ensnare thee. 

 The close pursuers* busy hands do plant 

 Snares in thy substance — snares attend thy want ; 

 Snares in thj' credit — snares in thy disgrace ; 

 Snares in thy high Estate — snares in thy base ; 

 Snares tuck thy bed — and snares surround thy board ; 

 Snares watch thy thoughts — and snares attach thy word ; 

 Snares in thy quiet — snares in thy commotion ; 

 Snares in thy diet — snares in thy devotion ; 

 Snares lurk in thy resolves — snares in thy doubt ; 

 Snares lie within thy heart — and snares without; 

 Snares are above thy head — and snares beneath ; 

 Snares in thy sickness — snares are in thy death. 

 Oh ! if these purlieus be so full of danger. 

 Great God of hearts,* the world's sole sovereign ranger ! 

 Preserve thy Deer — and let my soul be blest 

 In thy safe forest, where I seek for rest. 

 Then let the hell-hounds roar — I fear no ill. 

 Rouse me they may — but have no power to kill." 



To the early editions of the Emblems a few Poems are 

 found appended, which are called by the author THerogly- 

 pTiicha of the Life of Man. From the sixth of these the 

 following lines are selected : — 



* The reader will not fail to observe the curious pun here introduced. Among 

 the writers of this period punning was much in vogue. Perhaps it would be difficult 

 to find a more curious string of inveterate puns or play upon words than the follow- 

 ing. It is met with in a volume of Sacred Emblems published at Cologne, AD. 1655, 

 by Henry Engelgrave, a learned Jesuit. 



" Quid facies, fucies veneris cum veneris ante ? 

 Ne sedeas — sed eas — ne per eas pereas." 



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