Date: 1667

"But yet my self I may subdue; / And that's the nobler Empire of the two"

— Philips [née Fowler], Katherine (1632-1664)

Date: 1702

"Shall then the seeming Beauty of this thing / So dis-ingage from Duty to the King / Of Glory, who alone should rule in Man? / The Heart should be his Throne."

— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

Date: 1702

"Reason, that honours Mankind more than Beast, / Gives forth its Laws and Dictates in each Breast"

— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

Date: 1702

"Modesty, that in their Bosom reigns, / Detests and loaths whatever spots or stains"

— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

Date: 1702

The "true Noble Mind / Conquers a Wrong by Patience, is resign'd / For Vertue's sake to bear, that Reason may / Be Re-enthron'd, and Passion pass away"

— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

Date: w. 1682, 1702

"Chastity, sits as with awful Grace, / Enthron'd i'th' Heart, and sweetly in the Face / Holds forth its Ensign"

— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

Date: w. 1678, 1702

"[B]e not over-curious to express / Too much Exactness in an outward Dress; / Lest peevish Passion should too oft prevail, / To banish Reason from its Throne, and vail / Sound Judgment"

— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

Date: w. 1678, 1702

"[I]n thy Heart reveal / Eternal Life, as the abiding Seal / Of his endeared Love"

— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)