Date: 1693
"Base vulgar drossie minds, with more alloy / Then is that captive wealth they might enjoy; / Which Thieves may steal, which Rust or Fire destroy;"
preview | full record— Wesley, Samuel, The Elder (bap. 1662, d. 1735)
Date: 1708
"Gold is the Magnet whose Attraction / Commands his Heart in ev'ry Action: / To that his Avaricious Soul / Points like the Needle to the Pole:"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1708
"You know, Lavinia, once I lov'd you well; / Nor has your Crimes yet chang'd my Heart to Steel."
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1710 [1719, 1729]
"[N]o alloy / Of Flesh" can destroy the "sprightly Beauties" of the soul "Nor Death nor Fate can snatch the lasting Joy. / Through ev'ry Limb the active Spirit flows;
Diffusing Life and Vigour as it goes, / But is it self unmixt, and free from Dross"
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: 1710 [1719, 1729]
"Black Night comes on, and interrupts the Day, / E'er it can chase the Mists and Fogs away; / The Dregs of Flesh and Drossy Lees, o'errun / The Soul, and weigh the strugling Spirit down:"
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: 1710
"Gold such Patience can inspire, / And so debase the Soul of Man,"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1710
"Thy dying Words shall melt my stony Breast, / And pierce my weeping Soul whilst thou art blest"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1710
"Never from my repenting Thoughts depart, / But stand, like Brass, imprinted in my Heart."
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1710
"I took thee for a Saint, but find, alas! / Thy Heart is Iron, and thy Face is Brass;"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)