XIV. DEUT. XXXII. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! Fl. W HAT means my sister's eye so oft to pass Thro' the long entry of that optic glass? Tell me what secret virtue doth invite Thy wrinkled eye to such unknown delight? Sp. It helps the sight, makes things remote appear In perfect view, it draws the objects near. Fl. What sense-delighting objects dost thou spy? I see a brimstone sea of boiling fire, And fiends with knotted whips of flaming wire, Fl. Can Fl. Can thy distemper'd fancy take delight Here's that will ravish eyes. Sp. What seest thou there? Fl. The world in colours; colours that distain The cheeks of Proteus, or the silken train Of Flora's nymphs; such various sorts of hue, Here, if thou please to beautify a town, Thou may'st; or, with a hand, turn't upside down: To balk those ill which present joys bewray. S. BONA S. BONAVENT. de Contemptu Sæculi. O that men would be wise, and understand, and foresee! Be wise, to know three things: the multitude of those that are to be damned; the few number of those that are to be saved; and the vanity of transitory things: understand three things: the multitude of sins, the omission of good things, and the loss of time: foresee three things; the danger of death, the last judgment, and eternal pu nishment. EPIG. 14. What, soul, no further yet? what ne'er commence Is't insufficiency? or what has made thee PSALM |