Date: 1684

"You wish'd those Thoughts in bloody Ink were shrouded"

— Harington, John (1627-1700)

Date: 1684

"Those Asterisks plac'd in the Margin of thy Skin / Point out the nobler Soul that dwelt within:"

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1685

The Lord may "bear my Name upon [his] Breast, / Engrave it on [his] Heart"

— Mason, John (1646?-1694)

Date: 1685

One may bear God's "Image and Inscription" upon his heart

— Mason, John (1646?-1694)

Date: 1685

"O Seal mine Image on thy Heart, / O Seal it on thy Arm"

— Mason, John (1646?-1694)

Date: 1691

The Lord may "bear our Name upon [his] Breast, / Engrave it on [his] Heart"

— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

Date: 1691

"O set thine Image on my Heart! / O seal it on my Arm!"

— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

Date: 1693

"Needless was written law, where none opprest; / The law of man was written in his breast."

— Dryden, John (1631-1700)

Date: November 18, 1697

"But when they read the Volumes of his Mind, / (Vast Tomes!) and Search'd the Closets of his Brain, / What endless Sums of Wisdom did they find?"

— Cobb, Samuel (bap. 1675, d. 1713)

Date: 1697

"What ever brought him here, or took him hence / It was no mean, or common influence, / Of Heavens best mettal, that inform'd his soul, / And made all vertue, but a blubr'd scrol / Of his great mind."

— Cleland, William (1661?-1689)