Date: 1665
Minds are "like smooth paper never writ upon, / When folded up, by some impression / Marks will remain it never had before, / And ne're return to former smoothness more."
preview | full record— Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698)
Date: 1672?
"Our Hearts are Paper, Beauty is the Pen, / Which writes our Loves, and blots 'em out agen"
preview | full record— Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701)