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: 1713
"Fair Lady, show your self a generous Conqueror; and since I am taken Captive by your Charms, and bound in the Golden Chains of your Beauty, throw me not into the Dungeon of Disdain, but rather confine me in the pleasing Mansions of your Bosom; where my Heart will glory in its Captivity, and desp...
preview | full record— Gay, John (1685-1732)
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: April 18, 1721
"He's gone, and now / I must unsluice my overburden'd Heart, / And let it flow."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1722
One's "vital life" dwells in the heart
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)