Date: November, 1682
"They, who the written rule had never known, / Were to themselves both rule and law alone: / To nature's plain indictment they shall plead; / And, by their conscience, be condemn'd or freed."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: November, 1682
"Then those who follow'd reason's dictates right; Liv'd up, and lifted high their natural light; / With Socrates may see their Maker's Face, / While thousand rubric-martyrs want a place."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1683
"Falsely they [sense and rhyme] seem each other to oppose; / Rhyme must be made with Reason's laws to close; / And when to conquer her you bend your force, / The mind will triumph in the noble course."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
"To Reason's yoke she quickly will incline, / Which, far from hurting, renders her divine; / But if neglected, will as easily stray, / And master Reason, which she should obey."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
Surprising touches and "a just method well-designed, / May leave a strong impression in the mind"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
"Reason at last, by her all-conquering arts, / Reduced these savages, and tuned their hearts."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]
Date: 1683
" How does Reason rule the Rost. / When Lasciviousness rides Post?"
preview | full record— Dixon, Robert (1614/15-1688).
Date: 1683
"Many a Lye, many a Fable, / Is engrav'd on the Souls Razed Table."
preview | full record— Dixon, Robert (1614/15-1688).
Date: 1683
"You say you love, but I had rather See't, / Shew loves impression in a wounded heart"
preview | full record— Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)