Date: 1794
"Each man of sense, you'll find disdain / To drag coquetry's galling chain. / 'Tis prudence, truth, good sense, my dear, / That makes the lamp of love burn clear; / These are the silken cords, that bind / The Lover's, and the Husband's mind."
preview | full record— Pointon, Priscilla [AKA Priscilla Pickering] (c. 1740-1801)
Date: 1825
"This hallowed day, in Hymen's golden bands / Which joined consenting hearts and willing hands."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)