Date: 1685
Tho' a World of dull Bullion your essence do's hold, / Scarce an Atom of Soul was cast into the Mould, / Room enough, and to spare lavish Nature allows, / But provides not a Tenant to suit with the House
preview | full record— Wesley, Samuel, The Elder (bap. 1662, d. 1735)
Date: 1710
"Curse on that foppish Name, that empty Sound ['Honour'], / In whose dark Maze Mens Intellects are drown'd."
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)