"To cast the Coit is pretty childish play. / It's sad for Coin to sling the Soul away"
— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1667
Metaphor
"To cast the Coit is pretty childish play. / It's sad for Coin to sling the Soul away"
Metaphor in Context
To cast the Coit is pretty childish play.
It's sad for Coin to sling the Soul away.
It's sad for Coin to sling the Soul away.
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>
Date of Entry
05/31/2005