"The Cup-board serves to keep provision in, / Mans heart holds in it, either grace or sin."
— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1667
Metaphor
"The Cup-board serves to keep provision in, / Mans heart holds in it, either grace or sin."
Metaphor in Context
The Cup-board serves to keep provision in,
Mans heart holds in it, either grace or sin.
Mans heart holds in it, either grace or sin.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Nicholas Billingsley, Thesauro-Phylakion, or A Treasury of Divine Raptures. Consisting of Serious Observations, Pious Ejaculations, Select Epigrams. Alphabetically Rank'd and Fil'd by a Private Chaplain to the Illustrious and Renowned Lady Urania The Divine and Heavenly Muse. (London: Parkhurst, 1667). <Link to EEBO>
Theme
Inwardness
Date of Entry
05/31/2005
