<p>SWIFT, through the flood, cheer'd by his master's praise,<lb/> With vig'rous stroke the Spaniel cleaves his way,<lb/> And lo! already with his ardent gaze,<lb/> He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his prey.<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac090"/> Near and more near upon the bird he gains,<lb/> And as the space that parts them smaller grows,<lb/> With speed increased, he plies the foot and strains<lb/> Towards the game, now close before his nose.<lb/> Then bounding high at once from out the wave<lb/> With sudden rush to seize the certain prize:<lb/> That which he thought no means of flight could save,<lb/> Dives 'neath the flood, before his wond'ring eyes.<lb/> In Love affairs, as in intrigues at court,<lb/> It oft occurs as in het field of sport;<lb/> Almost before the chase we have begun<lb/> We deem the Fair, the place, and game are won,<lb/> And when most sure we've grasp'd the prize aright,<lb/> We see it quickly vanish from our sight.<lb/> 'Tis not alone in sleep that dreams arise;<lb/> Our hopes are oft but dreams with waking eyes;-<lb/> As visionless and vain by day as night,<lb/> We think them real, and they fade from sight,<lb/> Leaving the heart to grieve and to complain,<lb/> To find itself so cheated by the brain.</p> <p>GUERRA, caça e amores<lb/> Per um prazer cem dores.<lb/> -POTIUNDI tempore in ipso,<lb/> Fluctuat incertis erroribus ardor amantum. -LUCRET. lib. 4.<lb/> FALLITUR augurio spes bona saepè suo. -OVID.<lb/> MULTA cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra.<lb/> Inter os atque escam multa interveniunt.<lb/> Inter os atque offam multa intercident.<lb/> NON esse sapientis praesidere constanter iis, qua aliter evenire nata sunt.-POLYB.<lb/> FERE libenter homines id quod volunt, credunt. -CAESAR.<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac091"/> O FALLACEM hominum spem, fragilemque Fortunam! et inanes nostras contentiones!<lb/> quae in medio spatio saepè franguntur et corruunt; et antè in ipso portu obruuntur,<lb/> quàm portum contingere potuerunt. -CICERO. 3. de Orat.<lb/> PLERUMQUE hominum proprium est quod ratione difficilè cognoscunt, id sibi<lb/> cupiditate et spe facilè fingere.-FRANSC. GIUCCIARD. Hist. lib.4.<lb/> WE readily believe what we wish. <lb/> FORTUNE is fond of change; she allows herself to be possessed, and she escapes from<lb/> us. Dost thou suffer from her sickleness? Learn to bear it with patience.-PYTHAGORAS.<lb/> God's Providence, alike in the smiles and Frownes of Fortune.<lb/> Ferendum et Sperandum.<lb/> THAT Fortune is so changeful in het moods,<lb/> Is scarely to be blam'd in such degree<lb/> As we are wont to hear.<lb/> Did we but put the question to ourselves;<lb/> We, who do change each moment of our lives!-<lb/> In her so sickle nature we should see<lb/> That which our changeful nature est befits.<lb/> The only diff'rence lies therin; that we <lb/> Find Fortune's changes more abrupt and loud<lb/> Than those which daily in ourselves take place:<lb/> Which like the Shadow of the Dial, mark<lb/> Their silent progress- but a progress still,<lb/> Not the less certain that it seem to us<lb/> Less evident, because insensible!<lb/> Yet, mutative in body as in mind,<lb/> With faculties that change with ev'ry day<lb/> Their pow'r t'enjoy, or estimate aright<lb/> The lights and shades which fall across our path;<lb/> We still repine ungrateful for the Light,<lb/> And deem the Shadows more than we can bear:<lb/> And this withfal , forgetful of that Power<lb/> Who in His Wisdom, wiser far than we,<lb/> Knew best what our frail nature would besit,<lb/> To make us that He will'd that we should be.<lb/> With humble joy bear Fortune's transient smile,<lb/> Nor let her frown to discontent beguile:<lb/> With stedfast Hope, Columbus-like, at last<lb/> Thou'lt find the New World when the storm is pass'd.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac092"/> <p>WHEN as my Light with beames did brightly shine,<lb/> And starre-light was but equall unto mine;<lb/> I was in great request and set above,<lb/> Was deare to all, who saw me, did me love:<lb/> Now breathing sighes, and languishing I grone:<lb/> I'm hatefull to my selfe, belov'd of none.<lb/> If once againe my light beginne to burne,<lb/> With it my light and honour shall returne.<lb/> When Fortune standing on her slippery ball,<lb/> Doth favour, then are we admir'd of all;<lb/> But if the frowne, then flatterers flye away,<lb/> No friends abide, if once your meanes decay:<lb/> O but if Fortune change, and smile againe,<lb/> Then fawne these flatterers, and beare up your traine.<lb/> Much like the Sea these Clients flote and flow;<lb/> And Fortune turnes her coat, at every show.<lb/> FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>

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Many a Slip Twixt the Cup and the Lip

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