Date: 1789
"Alas! these joys are mine in dreams alone, / When cruel Reason abdicates her throne!"
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1790, 1806
"Proud may he be who nobly acts his part, / Who boasts the empire of each subject's heart."
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1791
"In the rich realms of polished taste, / Where judgment penetrates to find / The treasures of the unwrought mind, / Where conversation's ardent spirit / Refines from dross the ore of merit, / Where emulation aids the flame / And stamps the sterling bust of fame."
preview | full record— West, Jane (1758-1852)
Date: 1791
"Each vice, to minds depraved by bondage known, / With sure contagion fastens on his own."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1791
"[I]mpetuous Passion's flame" may be blown to rage
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1791
"The whirlwind wakes of uncontrouled desire"
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1791
The "buds of Virtue" may be blasted as they blow
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1791
Corruption may sicken the heart
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1791, 1806
Reason may "triumph on her tranquil throne:
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1791, 1806
"'Till virtue, pointing out the purer mind, / Secures the gem, and leaves the dross behind, / Claims the bright spirit from its native clod, / And bears it, spotless, to the sight of God!"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)