Date: 1610
"Man is a lump, where all beasts kneaded be / Wisdom makes him an ark where all agree."
preview | full record— Donne, John (1572-1631)
Date: 1651
"Now, treacherous Boy, thou hast me sure, / Playing the Wanton with my Heart, / As foolish Children that a Bird have got, / Slacken the Thread, but not unty the knot."
preview | full record— Sherburne, Sir Edward (bap. 1616, d. 1702)