<p>TWAS said of Old, -and, like most sayings too,<lb/> It hath been proven by experience true,<lb/> That e'en despite his fierce majestic might,<lb/> ''Who wins the Lion's eyes, subdues him''quite.<lb/> Herein is well explain'd and typified<lb/> Another truth that cannot be denied:<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac158"/> The eye of Man once taken by the grace<lb/> And 'witching beaty of a Maiden's face,<lb/> However stern his nature hitherto,<lb/> Assumes a softness it before ne'er knew.<lb/> Ah! then how chang'd the cold imperious look<lb/> Which scarce the gaze of other eyes could brook!<lb/> How pliant then the sternly moulded mind<lb/> Of Sage and Soldier, as of rugged hind!<lb/> Each then alike, as though himself despite,<lb/> Submits his ruder to the gentler might;<lb/> And, Strength to Softness through the eyes betray'd,<lb/> The Lion gentle as the Lamb is made.</p> <p>NON benè conveniunt, nec in unâ sede morantur<lb/> Majestas et Amor.-OVID, Metam. 3.<lb/> QUISQUIS amat, servit; sequitur captivus amatam,<lb/> Fert domitâ cervice jugum, fert dulcia tergo<lb/> Verbera, fert stimulos, trahit et bovis instar aratrum. -MANTUAN.<lb/> PAR des yeux les deux fenestres,<lb/> Dards d'Amour deviennent maistres.<lb/> PRIMI, in omnibus proeliis, oculi vincutur.-TACIT. de Morib. Germ.<lb/> CLAMOR repentinus aliquis, aut imago, aut aspectus fugâ saepè exercitum implevit:<lb/> et haec talia magis, quàm gladius, consternant hostem, videbisque militem vanis et<lb/> imanibus magis, quàm justis formidinis causis moveri.-LIPS. Doct. Civil. lib. v. cap. 16.<lb/> NIHIL tam leve est, quod non magnae interdùm rei momentum faciat.<lb/> LES Femmes peuvent tout, parce qu'elles gouvernent les personnes qui gouvernent<lb/> tous.<lb/> -I HAVE mark'd<lb/> A thousand blushing apparitions,<lb/> To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames,<lb/> In Angel whiteness, bear away those blushes;<lb/> And in her eye there hath appear'd a fire<lb/> To burn the errors that the princes hold<lb/> Against her maiden truth.-SHAKESPEARE.<lb/> BEAUTY with a bloodless conquest finds<lb/> A welcome sov'raignty in rudest minds.-WALLER.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac159"/> <p>WHOSE radiant look strikes every gazing eye<lb/> Stark blind, and keeps th'amaz'd beholder under<lb/> The stupid tyranny of Love and wonder.-Old Poet.<lb/> THEN only hear her Eyes;<lb/> Tho'they are mute, they plead, nay, more, command:<lb/> FOr beauteous Eyes have arbitrary pow'r. -DRYDEN.<lb/> WHO knows how eloquent these Eyes may prove,<lb/> Begging in Floods of Tears and Flames of Love. -ROCH.<lb/> THE Bloom of op'ning Flowers, unsully'd Beauty,<lb/> Softest and sweetest Innocence she wears;<lb/> And looks like Nature in the World's first spring.-ROWE.</p> <p>Nequitiae Duces, Oculi.<lb/> THE light of the Body is the Eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole<lb/> body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of dark-<lb/> ness. Take heed therefore that the Light which is in thee be not darkness.-Luke<lb/> xi. 34, 35.<lb/> BUT if thine Eye be evil, thy whole Body shall be full of Darkness. If therefore<lb/> the Light that is in thee be Darkness, how great is that Darkness!-Matt. vi. 23.</p> <p>Love in the Godhead.<lb/> FOR Love it was, that first created Light,<lb/> Mov'd on the Waters, chac'd away the Night<lb/> From the rude Chaos. and bestow'd new Grace<lb/> On Things, dispos'd of to their proper Place;<lb/> Some to rest here, and some to shine Above:<lb/> Earth, Sea, and Heav'n, were all th'Effects of Love. -WALL.<lb/> LOVE is that Passion, which refines the Soul;<lb/> First made Men Heroes, and those Heroes Gods:<lb/> Its genial fires inform the sluggish Mass;<lb/> The rugged soften, and the tim'rous warm.<lb/> Give Wit to Fools, and Manners tot the Clown:<lb/> The rest of Life is an ignoble Calm;<lb/> The Soul, unmov'd by Love's inspiring breath,<lb/> Like lazy Waters, stagnates and corrupts.-HIG. Gen. Con. </p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac160"/> <p>MY splendor with his bright and Sun-like ray,<lb/> Doth cheere the house, and darkenesse chase away;<lb/> To thee wh'art blind, I'm darke as sable night,<lb/> It's thy default, not mine; thou lak'st thy sight.<lb/> The Moule cannot Hyperions glory see;<lb/> Who want their eyes, no comfort have by me.<lb/> Christ is the glory of that light from hie,<lb/> Which can the darkest Chaos full descry;<lb/> And yet we see him not untill our eyes<lb/> He open, which thickest darkenesse doth surprise;<lb/> Then doth his light unto himselfe reslect<lb/> From us as mirrours, with a new aspect.<lb/> FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>

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