Date: 1577
"The comparisons of, Ynke, and of the spirit: of stones, and of the hart, are of great force. For he expresseth more when he compareth ynke with the spirit of God, adn stones with the harte, than if he had named the spirit and the harte without comparison."
preview | full record— Calvin, John (1509-1564); Timme, Thomas (fl. 1577)
Date: 1697
"Say you so, my Heart of Steel. Then let not your Noble Courage be cast down"
preview | full record— Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724)
Date: 1783
"In lucent words my darkling verses dight, / And wash my earthy mind in thy clear streams,"
preview | full record— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Date: w. 1787-1818
"You say reserve & modesty he has / Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass."
preview | full record— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Date: 1780, 1788
"Authority! unfeeling power, / Whose iron heart can coldly doom / The Debtor, dragg'd from Pleasure's bower, / To sicken in the dungeon's gloom."
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)