Ignoratur enim, quæ sit natura animai; For it is unknown what is the real nature of the soul, whether it be born with the bodily frame or be infused at the moment of birth, whether it perishes along with us, when death separates the soul and body, or whether it visits the shades of Pluto and bottomless pits, or enters by divine appointment into other animals. LUCRETIUS-De Rerum Natura. I. 113. 22 Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Luke. XII. 19. Ecclesiastes. VIII. 15. 23 In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke. XXI. 19. (See also ARNOLD) 1 This ae nighte, this ae nighte Fire and sleete, and candle lighte 11 Est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia cœli. There is a god within us, and we have intercourse with heaven. That spirit comes from abodes on high. OVID-Ars Amatoria. III. 549. 12 Deus est in pectore nostro. There is a divinity within our breast. Ovm-Epistolæ Ex Ponto. III. 4. 93. 13 Anima mea in manibus meis semper. Psalms. CXIX. 109. (Latin in Vulgate.) 21 My soul, the seas are rough, and thou a stranger In these false coasts; O keep aloof; there's danger; Cast forth thy plummet; see, a rock appears; Thy ships want sea-room; make it with thy tears. QUARLES-Emblems. Bk. III. Ep. XI. 22 Goe sowle, the bodies gueste Generally believed to be by RALEIGH-The Lie. (Souls Errand.) Harleian MS. 2296. Folio 135. Also in MS. 6910. Folio 141. Assigned to him in Chetham MS. 8012. P. 103. Collier MS. Bibl. Cat. Vol. II. P. 244. Printed as DAVIDSON'S in his Poetical Rhapsody (Second Ed.) Pub. 1608. Claim for JOHN SYLVESTER discredited by author |