Date: 1665
Minds are "like smooth paper never writ upon, / When folded up, by some impression / Marks will remain it never had before, / And ne're return to former smoothness more."
preview | full record— Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698)
Date: 1677
"I wou'd ha' rent / With my just hands that Rock, that Marble heart; / I wou'd have div'd through Seas of bloud to find it, / To tear the cruel Quarry from its Center."
preview | full record— Lee, Nathaniel (1653-1692)
Date: 1694
On may achieve a "noble conquest" over his own passions
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1694
"Pray mind me, Sir, to shew my Shape and Aire; that as the Loadstone does the Obedient Iron--should draw by force to me all Hearts but yours--."
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)