Date: 1714, 1735
" What cruel Dæmon haunts my tortur'd Mind? / Sure, if 'twere Love, I shou'd th'Invader find;"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1717
"But Man would yet look wondrous wise. / And equal Chains of Thought devise."
preview | full record— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Date: 1720
"His Fancy still awake; the roving Guest / Usurps the Throne of Reason in his Breast: / Forms great Ideas, and religious Schemes, / A busy mime, and floats in golden Dreams."
preview | full record— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)
Date: 1730
"In vain with Reason's Ballast do we try / The Ocean of Eternity, / Unfathom'd, without Shore."
preview | full record— Woodward, George (b. 1708?)
Date: 1730
"Learning! that mazy Cobweb of the Brain, / That renders all the Avenues / Of Truth, that in itself is plain, / Impervious and abstruse, / Perplex'd and intricate, / By that false Engine of our Mind, Debate."
preview | full record— Woodward, George (b. 1708?)
Date: 1731
Heaven stamped perfection on Caroline's mind
preview | full record— Pilkington, Matthew (1701-1774)
Date: 1732
"Thoughts crowd on Thoughts, as Alps on Alps arise, / And Worlds of Wonder open to my Eyes."
preview | full record— Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)
Date: 1733
"But if Calista's perfect Soul they knew, / They'd own their Error, and her Praise pursue. / Centred in her the brightest Graces meet, / Treasures of Knowledge and rich Mines of Wit
preview | full record— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Date: 1734, 1735
"The Mind, in peaceful Solitude, has Room / To range in Thought, and ramble far from home."
preview | full record— Barber, Mary (c.1685-1755)
Date: 1735
"As if thy thrifty Soul foreknew, / Like a wise Envoy, Heav'n's Intent / Soon to recall whom it had sent, / And all its Task resolv'd at once to do."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)