Date: 1683

"The Soul (that bright coelestial Guest) / Altho eternal, seeks for rest."

— Shipman, Thomas (1632-1680)

Date: 1683

"Then for to please the Ears (those Doors o'th' Mind) / Where could we rarer choice of treatments find?"

— Shipman, Thomas (1632-1680)

Date: 1684

"No Discord in thy Soul did rest, / Save what its Harmony increast."

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1684

Reason may fix "its peaceful Throne" in the mind and reign alone

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1684

"The Will its easie Neck to Bondage gave, / And to the ruling Faculty became a Slave."

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1684

The Passions may raise "Civil Wars" and discompose man "with intestine Jars"

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1684

To do, perform; all wandring thoughts again; / No vulgar Act, Sense, Fancy where did Reign / Usurping Lords, to make them know Subjection; / Mount Reason on the Throne, wise circumspection.

— Harington, John (1627-1700)

Date: 1684

A "charming Voice, and Art" may gain "the conquest of my Heart

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1684

A captive heart may wear a beloved's chain

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1684

One may be as great a Conqueror as Caesar, "Who couldst by milder ways all Hearts subdue, / The nobler Conquest of the two"

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)