Date: Monday, May 25, 1724

"The Mind of Will. Weathercock is like the Sail of a great Ship, that has Room, to contain much Wind; but, having none, of its own producing, is swell'd out, by Turns, from all the Quarters of the Compass."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: Monday, June 15. 1724.

"But his Mind was so discompos'd, by a Tempest of ungovern'd Wishes, that he scarce knew what to chuse, even when his Choice was the Subject chosen!"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: Friday, July 10, 1724.

"Passion's wild Influence ebb'd, and flow'd, my Mind; / As Seas drive diff'rent, with the changing Wind."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: Monday, July 13, 1724

"Oh, Jealousy!--All other Storms are Calms / To Thee!--Thou Conflagration of the Soul!"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: Friday, March 5, 1725

"A vertuous Woman ought thus to think with herself, That the Tempest of the Mind in violent Grief must be calmed by Patience; which does not intrench on the natural Love of Parents towards then Children, as many think, but only struggles against disorderly and irregular Passions."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1726, 1753

"Boundless desire, aw'd hope, and doubtful joy, / Stormy, by turns, the veering heart employ; / Sick'ning, in fancy's sun-shine, now, we faint, / And licence wounds us deeper, than restraint."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1726, 1753

"But I have err'd; and, with delirious aim, / Would picture motion, and imprison flame. / He, who can light'ning's flash, to colours, bind, / May paint love's influence, on the burning mind."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1731

"Shalt thou inflame me thus,--Unseat my Soul; / Tear out wrong'd Patience from my bleeding Heart, / And work me into Tempest!"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1731

"Conflicting Passions blast the bad Man's Hopes, / And all his Thoughts are Whirlwind!"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1746, 1753

"Light'ning, and thunder, so concurring, strike, / One their joint origin, tho' form'd unlike: / So, to the look, th' attentive nerves reply, / As, from the flash, succeeding thunders fly."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)