Social Commentaries
An intricate Receptacle
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Mans body's of the Elements compos'd,
Within his body is his blood enclos'd,
His spirits in his blood, in these his Soule,
And in it God doth rest, that moves the whole.
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