Date: 1635
"'Tis said that Polo the Tragedian / When hee on Stage to force some passion came, / Had his Sonnes ashes in an Urne enshrin'd / To worke more deepe impressions in his mind."
preview | full record— Brathwaite, Richard (1587/8-1673)
Date: 1742
"Give me Thy meek and lowly Mind, / And stamp Thine Image on my Heart."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1742
"Transform my Nature into Thine, / Let all my Powers Thine Impress feel, / Let all my Soul become Divine, / And stamp me with Thy Spirit's Seal."
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Date: 1794
"If by any strong impression on the mind of our fair musician she should be interrupted for a very inconsiderable time, she can still continue her performance, according to the sixth article."
preview | full record— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)