Date: 1773
"But soon, alas! this holy calm is broke; / My soul submits to wear her wonted yoke; / With shackled pinions strives to soar in vain, / And mingles with the dross of earth again."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1780
"In vain my fetter'd thoughts attempt to fly / And weakly fluttering mean the distant sky!"
preview | full record— Steele, Anne (1717-1778)