Date: 1667
"He that commands himself is more a Prince / Then he who Nations keeps in awe; / Who yield to all that does their Souls convince, / Shall never need another Law."
preview | full record— Philips [née Fowler], Katherine (1632-1664)
Date: 1681
"O who shall me deliver whole, / From bonds of this Tyrannic Soul?"
preview | full record— Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)
Date: 1761, 1790
If the mind is corporeal it must be composed of infinite parts: "Which then can claim dominion o'er the rest, / Or stamp the ruling passion in the breast"
preview | full record— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787); Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1706-1760)
Date: 1761, 1790
"This then's the first great law by Nature giv'n, / Stamp'd on our souls, and ratify'd by Heav'n"
preview | full record— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787); Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1706-1760)