Date: w. c. 1704, 1709

"Provided still, you moderate your Joy, / Nor in your Pleasures all your Might employ: / Let Reason's Rule your strong Desires abate, / Nor please too lavishly your gentle Mate."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1682, 1683, 1709

"Thus, led by what delusive Fame imparts, / We think thy [Modesty's] Throne's erected in their Hearts; / But w'are deceiv'd, as all our Fathers were, / For if thou Art at all, 'tis sure thou art not there."

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1682, 1683, 1709

"I've Banish'd Her for ever from my Breast, / Banish'd the Proud Invader of my Rest, / Banish'd the Tyrant Author of my Woes, / That robb'd my Soul of all it's Sweet Repose."

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

Long ago Pride and Fraud "Usurpt the Empire of [man's] Mind"

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"Tho' fled from Justice to evade his Sin, / Can he suppress the living Judge within?"

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"The Empire of his Soul was hers; enchanted by inexplicable, irresistable Magick!"

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1709

"Nor let the Private Spirit here oppose / With Canting Terms, and Sniv'ling thro' the Nose; / Who tho' it most reviles the Papal Sin, / Sets up a like unfailing Judge within."

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"Each Sectarist in his Breast believes he there / Has all that Popes ascribe to their Unerring Chair; / And, Unappealable, can there decide / All Truth,--His own Illuminated Guide."

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"Never was Man more Gene'rous, Just and Brave, / With Pleasure less seduc'd, or less his Passions Slave."

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"Joy must beat high in ev'ry vein, / Pleasure thro' all thy bosom reign;"

— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)