Date: 1779

"Why stand'st thou thus, with such exploring eyes, / As if thou'dst read the workings of my brain?"

— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)

Date: 1781

"But what will then fill up the blank of this my heart?"

— Raspe, Rudolph Eric (1737-1794); Lessing, G. E. (1729-1781)

Date: 1785

"I own thy image is engraven on my heart."

— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)

Date: 1786

"But your humanity must ever be engraved on my heart."

— Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753-1821)