Date: 1713
"The cautious Virgin, ignorant of Man, / No Glances threw, nor exercis'd the Fan, / Found Love a Stranger to her easie Breast, / And 'till the Wedding Night--enjoy'd her Rest."
preview | full record— Gay, John (1685-1732)
Date: 1717
"Against my self my rebel Passions arm; / They bound within my Breast to meet this Victor."
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1724
"[T]he dear, the happy Secret safe lodg'd within my Soul, shou'd take no Air, nor let in the least room for a Conjecture"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1726
"I have so many Thoughts crowding in upon me, I don't know which first to speak to."
preview | full record— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)
Date: 1726
"Come quickly to the rescue of my Love, / Transport me with the dear, dear Sight of you, / Far from the crowding Thoughts of what I owe / To Warcourt, for my Father, and my self:"
preview | full record— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)