Date: 1676
"The first time I saw you, you left me with the pangs of love upon me; and this day my soul has quite given up her liberty."
preview | full record— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Date: 1676
"Would I had daggers, darts, or poisoned arrows in my breast, so I could but remove the thoughts of him from thence!"
preview | full record— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Date: 1678
"Into his studious Closet to stuff his Lunatick head, since he can get nothing for his belly."
preview | full record— Porter, Thomas (1636-1680)
Date: 1678
"And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, / Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1678
"But, like a mole in earth, busy and blind, / [the soul] Works all her folly up, and casts it outward / To the world's open view"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: June, 1684
"All this I think is in the power of Love, and yet it cannot work a change in me, my heart is link'd so firmly to your Virtues. Magick cannot break the chain."
preview | full record— Lacy, John (c.1615-1681)
Date: 1690
"Here satiate all your fury; / Let fortune empty her whole Quiver on me, / I have a Soul, that like an ample Shield / Can take in all; and verge enough for more."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1690
"Impossible! / Souls know no Conquerors."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1690
"Here satiate all your fury; / Let fortune empty her whole Quiver on me, / I have a Soul, that like an ample Shield / Can take in all; and verge enough for more."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1691
"Men have no Windows in their Breast"
preview | full record— Wilson, John (bap. 1626, d. 1695?)