Date: 1712, 1796
"And, with a stormy mind and martial heat, / March'd on, bestowing many a direful threat / On Nabal now, who single must not fall, / But he, and his own family withal."
preview | full record— Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)
Date: 1712, 1796
"Unsteady nature, varying like the wind, / Hurries to each extreme th'unstable mind; / At sea becalm'd, we wish some brisker gales / Would on us rise, and fill our limber sails: / We have our wish; and straight our skiff is toss'd / So high, we are in danger to be lost."
preview | full record— Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)
Date: 1712
"When threat'ning Tides of Rage and Anger rise, / Usurp the Throne, and Reason's Sway despise, / When in the Seats of Life this Tempest reigns, / Beats thro' the Heart, and drives along the Veins, / See, Eloquence with Force perswasive binds / The restless Waves, and charms the warring Winds: Res...
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1712
"Strong as the Winds, and sprightly as the Light? / She [the mind] moves unweary'd, as the active Fire, / And, like the Flame, her Flights to Heav'n aspire."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1713
"[I]mpetuous Passions" may "toss the Soul, /And Tides of boiling Blood reluctant roll."
preview | full record— Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)
Date: 1714
"Storms of neighbouring Atoms tear the Soul"
preview | full record— Evans, Abel (1679-1737)
Date: 1723
"Can Lictors able in Dispute dispell / The Clouds of Errour that involve the Mind, within?"
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1713, 1729
Bacchus may calm a stormy soul and "place ... Reason in its Throne again"
preview | full record— Carey, Henry (1687-1743)
Date: 1739
"My GOD, what is a Human Heart? / Silver or Gold, or precious Stone; / Or Star, or Rainbow; or a Part / Of All, or all thy World in One?"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1754
Storms may surprise the heart, the seat of reason and repose
preview | full record— Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)