Date: 1769

Cares may "torment my tortur'd mind, / Leaving their rugged tracts behind"

— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)

Date: 1769

"Something like pity shakes my firm resolves, / And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis."

— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)

Date: 1769

"Does thy iron heart / Deny me this--a portion of his grave?"

— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)

Date: 1770

Strange fancies may haunt the mind (and one may be pursued by jealous cares)

— Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779)

Date: 1770

A judge may sit serene "Above all mists of passion"

— Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779)

Date: 1770

A passion may blind the soul

— Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779)

Date: 1770

Passions may invade the mind so that "the conscious body soon / In sympathetic languishment declines"

— Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779)

Date: 1770

"These chronic Passions, while from real woes / They rise, and yet without the body's fault / Infest the soul, admit one only cure; / Diversion, hurry, and a restless life."

— Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779)

Date: 1770

"Only give me time, / A little time, till old impressions die; / That I may yield a more devoted heart"

— Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779)

Date: 1770

"How light my heart feels from / A villainous guest that sat like lead upon it!"

— Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779)