Date: 1675
"And tears run trickling down her face, / Would e'en have mov'd a heart of brass."
preview | full record— Cotton, Charles (1630-1687); Lucian (c.120- d. after 180)
Date: 1683
"Falsely they [sense and rhyme] seem each other to oppose; / Rhyme must be made with Reason's laws to close; / And when to conquer her you bend your force, / The mind will triumph in the noble course."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
"To Reason's yoke she quickly will incline, / Which, far from hurting, renders her divine; / But if neglected, will as easily stray, / And master Reason, which she should obey."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
Surprising touches and "a just method well-designed, / May leave a strong impression in the mind"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
"Reason at last, by her all-conquering arts, / Reduced these savages, and tuned their hearts."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1684
A "charming Voice, and Art" may gain "the conquest of my Heart
preview | full record— Oldham, John (1653-1683)
Date: 1685
Eternal troubles may haunt an anxious mind
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1685
"Sure he, who first the passage tried, / In hardened oak his heart did hide, / And ribs of iron armed his side;"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700); Horace (65 B.C. - 8 B.C.)
Date: 1685
"These bugbears of the mind, this inward hell, / No rays of outward sunshine can dispel; / But nature and right reason must display / Their beams abroad, and bring the darksome soul to day."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1684 [1685]
"Would I could coin my very heart to gold!"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)