Date: w. 1739, 1742

"Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind."

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1743

"With pleased attention midst his scenes we find / Each glowing thought that warms the female mind"

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1743

"Where'er we turn, by Fancy charmed, we find / Some sweet illusion of the cheated mind. / Oft, wild of wing, she calls the soul to rove / With humbler nature in the rural grove."

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1743

The wounded heart may be supported by songs and healed by morals

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1743

The heart may bleed

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1743

"Fair Fancy wept"

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1746

"All the shadowy tribes of Mind / In braided dance their murmurs joined, / And all the bright uncounted powers, / Who feed on heaven's ambrosial flowers."

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1746

"Farewell, for clearer ken designed, / The dim-discovered tracts of mind: / Truths which, from action's paths retired, / My silent search in vain required!"

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1746

The native heart may be read in man

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1746

Nature may imprint her seal on the heart

— Collins, William (1721-1759)