Date: 1773
"In full perfection all thy works are wrought, / And thine the sceptre o'er the realms of thought."
preview | full record— Wheatley, Phillis (c.1753–1784)
Date: 1773
"Before thy throne the subject-passions bow, / Of subject-passions sov'reign ruler Thou, / At thy command joy rushes on the heart, / And through the glowing veins the spirits dart."
preview | full record— Wheatley, Phillis (c.1753–1784)
Date: 1773
"But if thou com'st with frown austere / To nurse the brood of care and fear; / To bid our sweetest passions die, / And leave us in their room a sigh; / Or if thine aspect stern have power / To wither each poor transient flower, / That cheers the pilgrimage of woe, / And dry the springs whence ho...
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1773
"Hail to pleasure's frolic train; / Hail to fancy's golden reign; / Festive mirth, and laughter wild, / Free and sportful as the child; / Hope with eager sparkling eyes, / And easy faith, and fond surprise: / Let these, in fairy colours drest, / Forever share my careless breast; / Then, tho' wise...
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1773
"Nor blush, my fair, to own you copy these; / Your best, your sweetest empire is--to please."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1773
"Virtue that breast without a conflict gained, / And easy, like a native monarch, reigned."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1774
"To them see Genius her best gifts impart, / And Science raise a throne in every heart!"
preview | full record— Scott, Mary [later Taylor] (1751/2-1793)
Date: 1775
"Suspence not long my anxious bosom pain'd, / My friend arrived, I clasp'd her to my breast, / I wept, I smiled, alternate passions reign'd, / Till me the sad unwelcome tale confess'd."
preview | full record— Miss H******* (fl. 1751-1775)
Date: w. c. 1751, 1775
"With darts and flames some arm his [Love's] feeble hands, / His infant brow with regal honours crown; / Whilst vanquished Reason, bound with silken bands, / Meanly submissive, falls below his throne."
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Date: w. c. 1751, 1775
"Each fabling poet sure alike mistakes / The gentle power that reigns o'er tender hearts."
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)