Date: 1703
"I have turn'd my Eyes inward upon my self, / Where foul Offence, and Shame have laid all waste; / Therefore my Soul abhors the wretched Dwelling, / And longs to find some better place of Rest."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Date: 1706
"Yes Sir, be certain on't, she shall be try'd; / Thro' all the winding Mazes of her Thoughts."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Date: 1706
One may be "Lord of [his] own Tenement, and keep [his] Houshold in Order"
preview | full record— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Date: November 25, 1707; 1708
"There is no end of Thought--the Labyrinth winds, / And I am lost for ever."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Date: 1714
"So thou, my dearest, truest, best Alicia, / Vouchsafe to lodge me in thy gentle Heart, / A Partner there; I will give up Mankind, / Forget the Transports of encreasing Passion, / And all the Pangs we feel for its Decay."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Date: 1715
"Nature to Man's Breast has made no Windows, / To show us what they act within Doors."
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date: 1715
"Thy Virtues flash, / They break at once on my astonish'd Soul; / As if the Curtains of the Dark were drawn, / To let in Day at Midnight."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Date: 1722
One's "vital life" dwells in the heart
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)