Date: 1678

"No more; I'm thine, and here I seal my heart to thee for ever."

— Otway, Thomas (1652-1685)

Date: 1722

"No Man can boast a God-like Mind, / From that Infernal Dross refin'd; / By Nature all are Base"

— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

Date: 1734, 1753

"Were it a crime in flashing souls, to rise, / And strike each other thro' the meeting eyes; / Those op'ning windows had not let in light, / Nor stream'd ideas out, to voice the sight."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1734, 1753

"Souls have no sexes; and if minds agree, / Parting is dying, to set fancy free."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1734, 1753

"Oh! 'tis too delicate!--'tis falsely nice, / To bar the heart against the mind's advice."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1734, 1753

"Bold, in your guarded strength, your heart unbind, / And, to be safe--suppose yourself all mind."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1734, 1753

"Love's generous warmth does reason's pow'r display, / And fills desire, as light embodies day."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1736

"Each keeps the other's Image in his Breast, / As Wax preserves the Form a Seal imprest."

— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

Date: 1736

"Weighty cares may "the pensive Mind invade"

— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

Date: 1742

"So should all speak: so Reason speaks in all. / From the soft whispers of that god in man, / Why fly to Folly, why to Frenzy fly, / For rescue from the blessing we possess?"

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)