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Sion and Parnassus

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SION and PARNASSUS,
OR
EPIGRAMS
On severall texts of the Old and
New Testament.
To which are added,
A Poem on the Passion.
  • A Hymn on the Resurrection,
  • Ascention,
  • And feast of Pentecost.

By JOHN HODDESDON.
Horat. de arte Poet.
Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci.
LONDON,
Printed by R. Daniel for G. Eversden, and are to be
sold at his shop over against the little north
gate of S. Pauls Church.
MDCL.

London.
PUBLISHED FOR G. Eversden
1650
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1. 218. Behold the dayes come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the landÍž not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, &c. ch. 8. v. 11.

A famine, yet no want of bread! can be
Abundance, plenty, and yet scarcitie:
Are contrarieties then joyn'd! can now
A man be hungry, and yet filled too:
Yet so it is: although the bodi's fed,
The soul may want its food of heav'nly bread.
Much better 'twere, the first were pin'd away,
Then the last have not its ambrosia:
Yet could we truly hunger for Gods word,
Heav'ns Granaries abundance would afford.
Famine & Dearth: a series of electronic texts, collected by Ayesha Mukherjee and Amlan Das Gupta
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afford, bread, famine, hunger, plenty, scarcity

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Title: Sion and Parnassus

Author: John Hoddesdon

Publication date: 1650

Place of publication: London

Provenance/location: This text was transcribed from images available at Early English Books Online: http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home Bibliographic name / number: Wing / H2295 Physical description: [8], 132 p., [1] leaf of plates : Copy from: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery Reel position: Wing / 1150:14

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Original author(s): John Hoddesdon

Language: English

Selection used:

  • 1 ) Amos 218

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Texts collected by: Ayesha Mukherjee, Amlan Das Gupta, Azarmi Dukht Safavi

Texts transcribed by: Muhammad Irshad Alam, Bonisha Bhattacharya, Arshdeep Singh Brar, Muhammad Ehteshamuddin, Kahkashan Khalil, Sarbajit Mitra

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Genre: Britain > poetry

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