Date: 1725-6

"Homer therefore evidently understood that the soul ought to govern and direct the passions, and that it is of a nature more divine than harmony"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1737

"I learn to smooth and harmonize my Mind, / Teach ev'ry Thought within its bounds to roll, / And keep the equal Measure of the Soul."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1758

"But when, in Parties of Conversation, she glows by the Beams of Reason, then command her [the soul] to speak from Inspiration and utter the Oracles of Justice [like a Grasshopper]."

— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)