Date: 1788
"His sway the harden'd bosom leads / To Cruelty's remorseless deeds; / Like the blue lightning when it springs / With fury on its livid wings, / Darts to its goal with baleful force, / Nor heeds that ruin marks its course."
preview | full record— Williams, Helen Maria (1759-1827)
Date: 1790
The mind holds "each parted form," "like the after-echoing" of a storm
preview | full record— Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)
Date: 1791
"The whirlwind wakes of uncontrouled desire"
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)