Date: w. c. 54-8, trans. 1611
"But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members."
preview | full record— Paul of Tarsus (b.c. 10, d.c. 67)
Date: 1700, 1717
"This Helenus to great AEneas told, / Which I retain, e'er since in other Mould: / My Soul was cloath'd; and now rejoice to view / My Country Walls rebuilt, and Troy reviv'd anew, / Rais'd by the fall: Decreed by Loss to Gain; / Enslav'd but to be free, and conquer'd but to reign."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)