SOUL.

Summe up at night what thou hast done by day;

And in the morning what thou hast to do.

Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay

And growth of it: if, with thy watch, that too

Be down, then winde up both; since we shall be

Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.

_The Temple: The Church Porch_. G. HERBERT.

Go to your bosom;

Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

_Measure for Measure, Act ii. Sc. 2_. SHAKESPEARE.

O ignorant, poor man! what dost thou bear

Locked up within the casket of thy breast?

What jewels and what riches hast thou there?

What heavenly treasure in so weak a chest?

_Worth of the Soul_. SIR J. DAVIES.

Let Fortune empty all her quiver on me;

I have a soul that like an ample shield,

Can take in all, and verge enough for more.

_Sebastian, Act i. Sc. 1_. J. DRYDEN.

And keeps that palace of the soul serene.

_Of Tea_. E. WALLER.

A happy soul, that all the way

To heaven hath a summer's day.

_In Praise of Lessius' Mule of Health_. R. CRASHAW.

And rest at last where souls unbodied dwell,

In ever-flowing meads of Asphodel.

_Odyssey, Bk. XXIV_. HOMER. _Trans. of_ POPE.

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