Date: 1676
"Music so softens and disarms the mind."
preview | full record— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Date: 1676
"But she has left a pleasing image of herself that wanders in my soul. It must not settle there."
preview | full record— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Date: 1676
The soul may be stolen from a "list'ning" virgin's heart
preview | full record— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Date: 1676
"The knowledge of this makes my grief hang lighter on my soul, but I shall never more be happy."
preview | full record— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Date: 1676
The understanding argues before the will can choose and "the last Dictate of the Judgment sways / The Will, as in a Balance, the last Weight / Put in the Scale, lifts up the other end"
preview | full record— Shadwell, Thomas (1642-1692)
Date: 1678
"No more; I'm thine, and here I seal my heart to thee for ever."
preview | full record— Otway, Thomas (1652-1685)
Date: 1681
"Come, be genuine with me--here's a Protector's half Crown for thee--two shillings five pence sterling--and let it be a Key to unlock thy heart"
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1687
"[B]ut thanks be prais'd the Generosity of our Cavaliers has open'd their obdurate Hearts with a Golden key, that let's 'em in at all opportunities"
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1691
"Why weren't the Royal Regiment sent for Flanders? / With English hearts of Oak, and Horns well steel'd, / To Butt the Puny Monsieur from the Field."
preview | full record— Mountfort, William (c.1664-1692)
Date: 1693
"As you would Guard my Everlasting Peace, / Remember all those Charms that Seal'd my Heart"
preview | full record— Powell, George (166?-1714)