Date: 1680
"But how shall I begin this great Confession? / Which in my Soul doth make this deep Impression:"
preview | full record— Dean, John (fl. 1680-1684)
Date: 1680
"Those worthy deeds which he hath wrought / Within each breast, have left behind / Impressions, time can never blot."
preview | full record— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)
Date: 1680
"Those worthy deeds which he hath wrought / VVithin each breast, have left behind / Impressions, time can never blot"
preview | full record— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)
Date: 1680
"Bright Reason's ray, / By damp of Wine, within this Hemisphere, / Was quench'd before: and now dim sense, to stay, / Must not expect, long after Her."
preview | full record— Darby, Charles (bap. 1635, d.1709)
Date: 1680
Bacchus may have "Legal Right" to do Morpheus job and "lock up each mans Brain: / Since every Room / His own Goods did contain, / And was his proper Wine-Cellar become."
preview | full record— Darby, Charles (bap. 1635, d.1709)
Date: 1680
"Our charmed Eyes, O had you never cloy'd, / Our Palate tickled, or we still enjoy'd / That pleasant prospect, this Soul-raping Guest, / That Royal fare, we had been always Blest."
preview | full record— Livingstone, Michael (fl. 1680)
Date: 1681
"Some livelier spark of heaven, and more refined / From earthly dross, fills the great poet's mind."
preview | full record— Duke, Richard (1658-1711)
Date: 1681
"This [sadness] fetters all our Senses, pulleth down / Heav'ns Image, Reason from her rightful Throne / And in her room, by Fancies pow'rful Charm, / Sets up a feigned Ill to work our Harm."
preview | full record— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)
Date: 1681
The Soul "sup[s] above, and cannot stay / To bait so long upon the way"
preview | full record— Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)
Date: 1681
"None can chain a mind / Whom this sweet chordage cannot bind."
preview | full record— Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)