Date: 1762
"Yet, when by Fancy’s Influence unconfin’d, / Does Wisdom give my throbbing Bosom Laws? / Do calmer Thoughts compose my ruffled Mind?"
preview | full record— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
Date: 1765
"Thro' rooted vice my spirits fail, / Which o'er my heart an empire wins, / O let thy mercy countervail / To cover all our sins."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1765
"Be ye not like to horse or mule, / That are not bless'd with reason's rule."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1770
The master-passion may be concealed "but on great occasions,... It will break forth, and loudly tell the world / What fermentation often works the soul"
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)