Date: 1653

"Thoughts as a Pen do write upon the Braine; / The Letters which wise Thoughts do write, are plaine."

— Cavendish, Margaret (1623-1673)

Date: 1653

"Or Thoughts like Pencils draw still to the Life, / And Fancies mixt, as colours give delight."

— Cavendish, Margaret (1623-1673)

Date: 1653

"So Fancy is the Soul in Poetrie, / And if not good, a Poem ill must be."

— Cavendish, Margaret (1623-1673)

Date: 1679

"O stay, my Muse! reach me an Iron Pen, / T' engrave this on the marble hearts of men"

— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

Date: 1680

"Those worthy deeds which he hath wrought / VVithin each breast, have left behind / Impressions, time can never blot"

— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)

Date: November, 1682

"Heav'n's early care prescrib'd for every age; / First, in the soul, and after, in the page."

— Dryden, John (1631-1700)

Date: 1684

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

— Harington, John (1627-1700)

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)