Date: 1677
"His Soul appears like Paper white, / That yet had scarce bore word aright."
preview | full record— Speed, Samuel (bap. 1633, d. 1679?)
Date: 1679
"O stay, my Muse! reach me an Iron Pen, / T' engrave this on the marble hearts of men"
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)
Date: 1679
"Looking me then to th' very Heart, / And with her Eye engraving there, / What e're she spake, in a deep Character, / Fixt and Compos'd"
preview | full record— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Date: 1679
" But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart! / A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,"
preview | full record— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Date: 1680
"Those worthy deeds which he hath wrought / VVithin each breast, have left behind / Impressions, time can never blot"
preview | full record— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)
Date: 1682
"Fancy is but the Feather of the Pen; / Reason is that substantial useful part, / Which gains the Head, while t'other wins the Heart."
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: November, 1682
"Heav'n's early care prescrib'd for every age; / First, in the soul, and after, in the page."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1683
"Many a Lye, many a Fable, / Is engrav'd on the Souls Razed Table."
preview | full record— Dixon, Robert (1614/15-1688).
Date: 1684
"Those Asterisks plac'd in the Margin of thy Skin / Point out the nobler Soul that dwelt within:"
preview | full record— Oldham, John (1653-1683)
Date: 1685
The Lord may "bear my Name upon [his] Breast, / Engrave it on [his] Heart"
preview | full record— Mason, John (1646?-1694)