Date: 1713
"Not skilful Lower thy Source cou'd find, / Or thro' the well-dissected Body trace / The secret, the mysterious ways, / By which thou dost surprize, and prey upon the Mind."
preview | full record— Finch [née], Anne, Countess of Winchilsea (1666-1720)
Date: 1714
"For if vast Thoughts shou'd play about a Mind / Inclos'd in Flesh, and dregging cumbrous Life, / Fluttering and beating in the mournful Cage, / It soon wou'd break its Grates and wing away."
preview | full record— Evans, Abel (1679-1737)
Date: 1716
"Their Conscience is a Worm within, / That gnaws them Night and Day."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1718
"And yet, slap dash, is All again / In every Sinew, Nerve, and Vein. / [the mind] Runs here and there, like Hamlet's Ghost; / While every where She rules the roast."
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: 1718
"As in a Hive's vimineous Dome, / Ten thousand Bees enjoy their Home; / Each does her studious Action vary, / To go and come, to fetch and carry: / Each still renews her little Labor; / Nor justles her assiduous Neighbour."
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: 1718
"'From forth thy Bosom turn the Viper-Guest, / 'Or, e'er he bite thee, crush him at thy Breast"
preview | full record— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)
Date: 1718
"Your Horace owns, He various writ, / As wild, or sober Maggots bit: / And, where too much the Poet ranted, / The Sage Philosopher recanted."
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: 1718
"Affronted Reason stings us with Remorse, / Suggests the Danger and obstructs our Course."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1718
"Repeated Prostitutions conquer Shame, / Assure the Face, and struggling Reason tame."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1718
"Should you the Reins to guilty Passions give, / And to suppress reluctant Conscience strive, / You must maintain a long uncertain Field, / By Turns prevail, by Turns inglorious yield."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)