Mary Mollineux

Mary Mollineux (née Southworth; 1651–1696) was an English Quaker poet. Quotes How sweet is harmless solitude!  What can its joys control?Tumults and noise may not intrude,  To interrupt the soul. "Solitude", st. 1 (wr. 1683; pub. 1702) These rugged walls less grievous are to me,Than those bedeck'd with curious arras beT'a guilty conscience; to a wounded heart,A palace cannot palliate that smart:Tho' drunk with pleasure, dull with opiates,Some seem as senseless of their sad estates,Till on their dying-beds conscience awakes.But tho' the righteous be in bonds confin'd,They inwardly sweet satisfaction find. "Meditations concerning our Imprisonment, only for Conscience sake, in Lancaster Castle", l. 38 (wr. 1684; pub. 1702) External links Fruits of Retirement: or, Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Divine (London: T. Sowle, 1702) pp. 113, 124 Brad Pasanek, "Tho' drunk with Pleasure, dull with Opiates...", The Mind is a Metaphor, UVA (3 June 2005) Category:1651 births Category:1696 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Women authors from England Category:Quakers