<p>A Massie Mil-stone up a tedious Hill,<lb/> With mighty Labour, Sisyphus doth roll;<lb/> Which being rais'd-aloft, downe-tumbleth, still,<lb/> To keepe imployed his afflicted Soule.<lb/> On him, this tedious Labour is impos'd;<lb/> And (though in vaine) it must be still assayd:<lb/> But, some, by no Necessity inclos'd,<lb/> Vpon themselves, such needlesse Taskes have layd.<lb/> Yea, knowing not (or caring not to know)<lb/> That they are worne and weary'd out in vaine,<lb/> They madly toyle to plunge themselves in Woe;<lb/> And, seeke uncertaine Ease, in certaine Paine.<lb/> Such Fooles are they, who dreame they can acquire<lb/> A Minde-content, by Lab'ring still for more:<lb/> For, Wealth encreasing, doth encrease Desire,<lb/> And makes Contentment lesser then before.<lb/> Such Fooles are they, whose Hopes doe vainely stretch<lb/> To climbe by Titles, to a happy Height:<lb/> For, having gotten one Ambitious-Reach,<lb/> Another comes perpetually in sight.<lb/> And, their stupidity is nothing lesse,<lb/> Who dreame that Flesh and Blood may raysed be<lb/> Up to the Mount of perfect-Holinesse:<lb/> For (at our best) corrupt and vile are we.<lb/> Yet, we are bound by Faith, with Love and Hope,<lb/> To roll the Stone of Good-Endeavour, still,<lb/> As neere as may be, to Perfections top,<lb/> Though backe againe it tumble downe the Hill.<lb/> So; What our Workes had never power to doe,<lb/> God's Grace, at last, shall freely bring us to.<lb/> </p>

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Sisyphus is pushing a millstone inscribed with his name uphill; God is waiting at the top of the hill with outspread arms

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<p>A Foole, in Folly taketh Paine,<lb/> Although he labour still in vaine.</p>

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