Date: 1686, 1712
"When first my Soul put on its fleshly Load, / It was Imprison'd in the dark Abode; / My Feet were Fetters, my Hands Manacles, / My Sinews Chains, and all Confinement else; / My Bones the Bars of my loath'd Prison grate; / My Tongue the Turn-key, and my Mouth the Gate."
preview | full record— Arwaker, Edmund (c.1655-1730)
Date: June 28, 1693
"Beauties shine thro' the Work, adorn the whole, / Chain up the Sense, and captivate the Soul."
preview | full record— Tate, Nahum (c. 1652-1715)
Date: 1693
"From her blest Heart there flows a Line, / Which Nature made, and grapples mine. / Secret as that which tyes the Mind, / When to the Body 'tis confin'd"
preview | full record— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)