Date: 1700
"O Sacharissa, what could steel thy breast, / To rob the charming Waller of his rest?"
preview | full record— Cobb, Samuel (bap. 1675, d. 1713)
Date: 1707, 1710
"O Sacharissa, what could steel thy Breast, / To Rob Harmonious Waller of his Rest?"
preview | full record— Cobb, Samuel (bap. 1675, d. 1713)
Date: 1718
"The Soul is darker than the deepest Cave, / Hard as the Rock, and colder than the Grave"
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1723
"If offer'd in a mild and tim'rous Tone, / Nor urg'd and press'd, its [Counsel's] feeble Force is gone, / And leaves no more Impressions on the Mind, / Than Rocks receive from a soft Breeze of Wind."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1735
"Such was the Turn of thy exalted Mind, / Sparkling as polish'd Gems, as purest Gold refin'd."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Her lovely Mind shines chearful thro' her Face, / A sacred Lamp in a fair Crystal Case."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1745
"Thrice shou'd Rebellion rear her Head, / With Front of Brass, but Heart of Lead"
preview | full record— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)
Date: 1745
"Thou'lt weep, I know thy gentle Soul, my Fair, / No senseless Steel, no rugged Flint dwells there."
preview | full record— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)