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Date: 1724
"Without such a Miracle, since the Soul and Body act mutually upon one another, and the Tabernacle of Clay is the weakest part of the Compound, it must at last be overborn and thrown down."
preview | full record— Cheyne, George (1671-1743)
Date: 1734
"Loosed from its bonds my spirit fled away, / And left behind its moving tent of clay."
preview | full record— Adam [Adams], Jean (1710-1765)
Date: 1743
"In that dread Moment, how the frantick Soul / Raves round the Walls of her Clay Tenement, / Runs to each Avenue, and shrieks for Help, / But shrieks in vain!"
preview | full record— Blair, Robert (1699-1746)
