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"Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)"
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Date: 1747
"Strange force of Harmony, whose Power controuls, / The warring Passions, and informs our Souls, / Soft soothing Sounds, by whose enchantment blest, / Anger and Grief forsake the tranquil Breast; / While soft Ideas rising in the Mind, / Bids us in Love a gentle Tyrant find, / And to his Sway the ...
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Date: 1747
"VENUS, Queen of tender Fires, / Pleasing Pains, and soft Desires; / Sweet Enslaver of the Heart, / Here thy gentle Aid impart."
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Date: 1747
"Hither beauteous Goddess move, / Leave a while th' Idalian Grove; / Once more to my transported Breast, / Come a mild, a grateful Guest; / There confirm thy pleasing Reign, / Free from Cares, and free from Pain."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1747
"No longer Hope and Fear maintain / Within your Breast a doubtful Reign."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1747
"Oh Love, all-powerful o'er the Mind, / Art thou to rigid rules confin'd? / And must the Heart that owns thy Sway, / That Tyrant Customs Laws obey?"
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1747
"Me she instructed in each secret Art, / How to enslave, and keep the vanquish'd Heart."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1747
"Quick to my Heart the subtle Poison stole, / Charm'd all my Senses, and enslav'd my Soul."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1747
"The soft Enchantment shall my Fears controul, / And Love claim all his Empire in my Soul."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1747
"Why can I not this fatal Flame remove? / Or why, O why is it a Crime to love? / By Turns my Reason and my Passion sway, / As Honour triumphs, and as Love betray; / My tortur'd Breast conflicting Passions tear, / And Love and Virtue wage unequal War."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1747
"What Place can banish Love / From the subjected Mind."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
