Date: 1761
"But Heaven that gave a blessing to our bed, / Stampt the great Law of Nature on my heart, / And bound me to it by the sacred ties / Of fatherly affection."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1779
"I fear not / Your anger, Lord!--nay, I will gladly die, / If, dying, on your mind I can impress / Just horror for the--"
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1783
"I tremble at the impression this lovely girl has made upon my heart."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1796, 1806
"O! blessings on thee!--soft, this ray of hope / Dazzles my aching senses, and I start / As from a dream of horror, where the brain, / Stampt with the semblance of some phantom dire / Reflects it, waking, to the fearful gaze!"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)