Date: 1664
"Their Hearts are as hard, as Iron too, / As tough, but not so cold."
preview | full record— Bold, Henry (1627-1683)
Date: 1682
"What subtle dart / Had you at first to penetrate my Heart, / Obdure as Steel."
preview | full record— Coppinger, Matthew (fl. 1682)
Date: 1685
"One would have thought such melting Words / Should break an Heart of Steel."
preview | full record— Mason, John (1646?-1694)
Date: 1693
"Had the too tender Gods first made / Men's Hearts as hard as Steel, / Their Weakness ne're had been betraid / By ev'ry stroak they feel."
preview | full record— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)