Date: 1703
"Weary'd at last, curst Hymen's Aid I chose; / But find the fetter'd Soul has no Repose."
preview | full record— Egerton [née Fyge; other married name Field], Sarah (1670-1723)
Date: w. c. 1789, published 1825
"Dost thou not see,--or art thou blind with age,-- / How many Graces on her eyelids sit, / Linking those viewless chains that bind the soul, / And sharpening smooth discourse with pointed wit."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)