Killing that love which thou hast vow’d to cherish.”
“Labour in vain,”—pouring water into a sieve, is shown by Perriere in his 77th Emblem,—
Perriere, 1539.
where however it is a blind Cupid that holds the sieve, and lovers’ gifts are the waters with which the attempt is made to fill the vessel.
LXXVII.
Qvi plus mettra dans le crible d’amours,
Plus y perdra, car choſe n’y profitte:
Le temps ſi pert, biens, bagues & atours,
Sa douleur eſt en tout amer confitte.