Date: 1741

"He blinds the Wise, gives Eye-sight to the Blind; / And moulds and stamps anew the Lover's Mind"

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Date: 1741

"Whether from mutual Passion springs the Flame, / Or Minds congenial stamp the vital Seeds"

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Date: 1745

"Drink early then, my Friend, at Reason's Bowl, / And fill with wholesome Draughts thy youthful Soul. / If Wine or Gall the Recent Vessel stains, / Each Scent alike the faithful Cask retains."

— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)

Date: 1752

Pleasure is "the secret Spring that actuates man"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]

Date: 1757-9

"But Virtue Minds of nobler Stamp invites / To her sincere and more refin'd Delights."

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"In harden'd Oak his Heart did hide, / And Ribs of Iron arm'd his Side!"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1759

Woes may haunt the mind (but the Gods may give "cruel Phantoms to the Wind"

— Grainger, James (1721-1766)

Date: 1765

"And my heart, within me burning, / Is become like melting wax."

— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

Date: 1775

"How like a wanton lamb that careless play'd, / The shepherd and the fold forgotten quite, / My vagrant soul, in search of vain delight, / Many long years from her true Shepherd stray'd!"

— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)

Date: 1776

Oblivion may throw "Her dark blank shades" o'er your mind

— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)