Date: 1723
"And now his Spirits by the Impulse move / Of the new Guest [Love], while soft unpractis'd Pains / Throb in his Breast and thrill along his Veins."
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Date: 1723
"Can Pains and Prisons Errour's Force controul, / And the chain'd Body loose the fetter'd Soul?"
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Date: 1728
For a wise and virtuous king "Reason alone his upright judgement guides"
preview | full record— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
Date: 1728
Death is an "iron-hearted, and of cruel soul, / Brasen his breast, nor can he brook controul, / To whom, and ne'er return, all mortals go, / And even to immortal gods a foe"
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Date: 1728, 1740
"Savage their nature, and their hearts of stone; / Their houses brass, of brass the warlike blade"
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Date: 1735
"'Twere endless to describe the various Darts, / With which the Fair are arm'd to conquer Heart"
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Date: 1735
"Come, gentle Sleep, my Eye-lids close, / These dull Impressions help me lose:"
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Date: 1735
"Such was the Turn of thy exalted Mind, / Sparkling as polish'd Gems, as purest Gold refin'd."
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Date: 1735
"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast"
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Date: 1735
"Hope may some boundless Future Bliss embrace, / But What, or When, or How, or Where, / Are Mazes all, which Fancy runs in vain"
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