<p>A troubled Minde, ore-charged with Desires,<lb/> Betweene great Hopes, and no lesse Feares opprest,<lb/> And payned inwardly with secret Fires,<lb/> Was thus, by some, in former times exprest.<lb/> A Smoking Heart, they placed just betwixt<lb/> A Fastned Anchor, and a Bended Bow;<lb/> To which a Barbed-Arrow seemed fixt,<lb/> And, ready from the Strayned-String to goe.<lb/> The Smoke doth Sighes, the Anchor doth declare<lb/> That Hope, which keepes us from Despairing quite;<lb/> The Bowe and Arrow, signifie that Feare,<lb/> Which doth, perpetually, the Soule affright.<lb/> And, by this Emblem, it appeares to me<lb/> That they which are with strong Desires opprest,<lb/> (Though good or bad the Object of them be)<lb/> In seeking Pleasures, finde no small unrest:<lb/> For, they are not by Feares, alone, disturbed,<lb/> But, as the Wiseman saith, ev'n Hope-Delayd<lb/> Torments the Heart; and, when Desire is curbed,<lb/> The Soule becommeth sad, and ill-apayd.<lb/> A Groundlesse-Hope, makes entrance for Despaire,<lb/> And with Deceiving showes the Heart betrayes:<lb/> A Causelesse-Feare, doth Reasons force impaire,<lb/> And, terrifies the Soule, in doubtfull wayes.<lb/> Yet, quite neglect them not; For, Hope repells<lb/> That Griefe sometimes, which would our Hearts oppresse.<lb/> And, Feare is otherwhile the Sentinell<lb/> Which rouzeth us from dang'rous Carelesnesse.<lb/> Thus, Both are good: but, Both are Plagues to such,<lb/> Who either Fondly feare, or Hope too much.<lb/> </p>

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An anchor (symbolizing Hope), a bow and arrow (Threat/Fear) and a smoking heart

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<p>Where strong Desires are entertain'd,<lb/> The Heart 'twixt Hope, and Feare, is pain'd.</p>

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