Epistles. Dec. iii. Ep. 2.
There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.[182:6]
Contemplations. Book iv. The veil of Moses.
Footnotes
And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb.
Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
Young: Night Thoughts, night v. line 718.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene