Date: 1701
"So when against the Tide the Sailor toils / to force his loaded Bark, the Current foils / His Pains, down Stream the master'd Vessel's drove"
preview | full record— Sherburne, Sir Edward (bap. 1616, d. 1702)
Date: 1701
Reason may be "conquer'd by more powerful Love"
preview | full record— Sherburne, Sir Edward (bap. 1616, d. 1702)
Date: 1701
"My Reason's conquer'd by more powerful Love, / Who rules as Tyrant in my captiv'd Breast."
preview | full record— Sherburne, Sir Edward (bap. 1616, d. 1702)
Date: 1692, 1702
"The Soul of Man comes into this World at least as Ill-informed of the Affairs of Grace, as those of Nature. It is in all respects, a Rasa tabula, a meer Blank, and hath need of being fill'd with every thing"
preview | full record— Jurieu, Pierre (1637-1713); Fleetwood, William, Trans.
Date: 1704
"Mean while Medea, seiz'd with fierce Desire, / By Reason strives to quench the raging Fire; / But strives in vain!"
preview | full record— Tate, Nahum (c. 1652-1715)
Date: 1704
"Wretch, from thy Virgin-Breast this Flame expel, / And soon--Oh cou'd I, all wou'd then be well!"
preview | full record— Tate, Nahum (c. 1652-1715)
Date: 1704
"But Love, resistless Love my Soul invades; / Discretion this, Affection that perswades."
preview | full record— Tate, Nahum (c. 1652-1715)
Date: 1704, 1715
"A glitt'ring Spark the rash Prometheus stole, / And fondly stampt into a Soul"
preview | full record— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)
Date: 1704, 1715
"His fearless Heart immur'd with tripple Brass. / The daring Mortal surely wore"
preview | full record— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)
Date: 1705
"Love is th' unlimited Passion of the Mind, it ranges unconfin'd by Law or Reason"
preview | full record— Johnson, Charles (1679-1748); Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)