"Mans body is a box till death it split / The Soul, that precious Gem is kept in it."
— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1667
Metaphor
"Mans body is a box till death it split / The Soul, that precious Gem is kept in it."
Metaphor in Context
Mans body is a box till death it split
The Soul, that precious Gem is kept in it.
The Soul, that precious Gem is kept in it.
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; Dualism
Date of Entry
05/31/2005
