A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne

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The book is titled A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne. One verse says that if you will rise to greater Wealth, you must not despise slender Gaine. A verse says you, by an Emblem, seeke to get what Counsel your Affaires may fit, but, in particular, there's none which you, by Lot, can light upon.

A verse tells a reader that Fortune has deserved thanks for bestowing a Blank, since, as the reader has had nothing good, so the reader has nothing that is bad. A verse tells of one who by his conquering Arme possessed the rich and spacious Empires of the East, and who felt his approaching end. A verse says that wandering fires which in the night lead unwary travellers astray, alluring them by their deceiving sight, do so till they have altogether lost their way.

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George Wither

George Wither worked as an English poet and pamphleteer whose long career joined devotional verse, political argument, satire, and personal complaint. A Single Si Quis belongs to his Civil War writing and addresses Parliament after the battle of Preston, linking public affairs with his own disputes over property and reward.

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Author: George Wither
Pages: 578
Language: English
Genre: Poetry
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