Date: 1825
"Bear thy afflictions with a patient mind; / Whose bursting heart disdains unjust controul, / Who feel'st oppression's iron in thy soul, / Who dragg'st the load of faint and feeble years, / Whose bread is anguish, and whose water tears."
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1842
"I think thy breast is meade o' brass"
preview | full record— Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794)
Date: 1842
"Small cause of triumph can the bravest feel, / For never yet were brave hearts made of steel."
preview | full record— Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794)