Date: 1661
"Peace brings him in, Olive his Temples binds, / And his great virtues conquer hearts and minds."
preview | full record— Pordage, Samuel (bap. 1633, d. c. 1691)
Date: 1661
"[T]hrough ev'ry Breast [Faith] goes, invades their Minds, which, all-possest / By her great Deitie, each Soul doth prove / Her Altar, burning by her Sacred Love"
preview | full record— Ross, Thomas (bap. 1620, d. 1675)
Date: 1667
"She that can Conquer, can reclaim a heart"
preview | full record— Philips [née Fowler], Katherine (1632-1664)
Date: 1667
One may scorn disguise and meaner Arts and "with a native Honour" conquer Hearts
preview | full record— Philips [née Fowler], Katherine (1632-1664)
Date: 1667
"Within my heart Thy [the Lord's] love shall gain, / Such conquests, that the Trophies shall like Heav'n remain"
preview | full record— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Date: 1679
"When Conscience had almost (in truth) persuaded / Thee to repent, it was straightway invaded / By thy blind Understanding, and dark mind"
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)
Date: 1680
"Art thou with pow'r come down to make us leave / Those conquer'd Souls, which by our wiles we have / Fetter'd, with a design to make them be / Companions with us in our misery"?
preview | full record— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)
Date: 1681
"Men, manners, language, books of noblest kind" may be the the conquest of the mind
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1682
"Sh'has o'er my Soul an easie Conquest won."
preview | full record— Pordage, Samuel (bap. 1633, d. c. 1691)
Date: 1684
The Passions may raise "Civil Wars" and discompose man "with intestine Jars"
preview | full record— Oldham, John (1653-1683)