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Date: [1731?] 1734
"Yet we have Reason, to supply / What nature did to man deny: / Weak viceroy! Who thy power will own, / When Custom has usurped thy throne?"
preview | full record— Barber, Mary (c.1685-1755)
Date: 1749
"Her gentle Sway no sanguine Wreath requir'd; / In Halcyon Hearts she fix'd her friendly Throne."
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
Man, ungoverned by reason or unguided by Instinct, may rush lawless and headlong, leaving "native Joy and gentle Peace behind"
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
The "gentle Passions" may move obedient still, reason rule, and wisdom guide the will
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
