Date: 1806
"Shall the caprice of nature, the deep tint / Of sultry climes, the feature varying, / Or the uncultur'd mind, endure the scourge / Of sordid tyranny, or heap the stores / Of his fair fellow man, whose ruddy cheek / Knows not the tear of pity; whose white breast / Conceals a heart, than adamant m...
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1806
"The savage cheek / Smiles at the potent spoiler; braves his frown; / And while the partial gloom is most opake, / Still vaunts the mind unfetter'd!"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1806
"The savage cheek / Smiles at the potent spoiler; braves his frown; / And while the partial gloom is most opake, / Still vaunts the mind unfetter'd!"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1806
"Thy pure flame / Would light the sense opake, and warm the spring / Of boundless ecstacy; while nature's laws / So violated, plead, immortal-tongu'd, / For her dark-fated children; lead them forth / From bondage infamous!"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1797, 1806
"Nor when the bosom's wasted fires / Are all extinct, is anguish o'er; / For jealousy, which ne'er expires, / Can wound--when passion is no more."
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Date: 1810, 1820
"Though slow to entertain thoughts of love, as soon as he perceives the partiality of his ward, it enters his breast like a torrent when the flood-gates are opened."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1812
The realms of mind are ruled by shades
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Date: 1812
Fancy may be kindled
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Date: 1814
"The mind of a child is like the acorn; its powers are folded up, they do not yet appear, but they are all there."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1814
"Instruction is the food of the mind; it is like the dew and the rain and the rich soil."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)