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A91574 Solomons recantation, entituled Ecclesiastes, paraphrased. With a soliloquie or meditation upon every chapter. / By Francis Quarles. Opus posthumum. Never before printed. With a short relation of his life and death. Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Quarles, Ursula, b. 1601. 1645 (1645) Wing Q116; Thomason E284_13; ESTC R200060 37,689 73

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wherein_o to_o pluck_v those_o plant_n thus_o plant_v up_o again_o verse_n 3_o there_o be_v a_o season_n when_o to_o build_v even_o so_o there_o be_v a_o season_n to_o demolish_v too_o there_o be_v a_o season_n to_o inflict_v a_o wound_n and_o there_o be_v another_o season_n to_o make_v sound_a verse_n 4_o there_o be_v a_o time_n for_o tear_n to_o drown_v thy_o eye_n a_o time_n to_o laugh_v and_o lay_v thy_o sorrow_n by_o there_o be_v a_o time_n to_o mourn_v a_o time_n to_o meet_v the_o sprightly_a music_n with_o thy_o num'rous_a foot_n verse_n 5_o there_o be_v a_o due_a appoint_a season_n either_o to_o scatter_v stone_n or_o gather_v stone_n together_o there_o be_v a_o time_n to_o embrace_v and_o there_o be_v space_n of_o time_n appoint_v to_o refrain_v embrace_n verse_n 6_o there_o be_v a_o time_n to_o gain_v and_o there_o be_v ordain_v a_o other_o time_n to_o lose_v the_o thing_n we_o gain_v there_o be_v a_o time_n to_o recollect_v and_o lay_v thy_o treasure_n up_o a_o time_n to_o 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rare_o find_v sow_v close_o what_o thou_o sow'_v and_o least_o in_o sight_n the_o eye_n of_o dove_n will_v make_v thy_o harvest_n light_n but_o stay_v thou_o may_v surcharge_n as_o well_o as_o starve_v the_o soil_n but_o wise_a man_n know_v what_o seed_n will_v serve_v thy_o work_n thus_o wise_o do_v what_o then_o remains_z give_v heaven_n the_o glory_n and_o expect_v the_o gain_n cap._n xii_o 1_o the_o creator_n r_v to_o be_v remember_v in_o due_a time_n 8_o the_o preacher_n care_v to_o edify_v 13_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a antidote_n of_o vanity_n verse_n 1_o remember_v thy_o creator_n in_o thy_o prime_n of_o present_a youth_n before_o the_o black-mouthed_a time_n of_o sullen_a age_n approach_v before_o the_o day_n thy_o die_a pleasure_n find_v a_o dull_a decay_n verse_n 2_o before_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o star_n appear_v dark_a in_o thy_o microcosmal_a hemisphere_n verse_n 3_o before_o the_o cloud_n of_o sorrow_n multiply_v and_o hide_v the_o crystal_n of_o 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