Date: 1763
"Till judgement stamp her sanction on the whole, / And sink th'impression deep into the soul.--"
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Date: 1779
"My mind's in equipoise, ready alike / To hold thee as my Lover, or my Foe!"
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1779
"Those minds imbued by vice, with deepest stains, / Are often mask'd in forms almost divine-- / Deck'd forth in words, and looks, that Virtue's self / Might challenge for her own."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1779
"If right I read, your mind in balance hangs / 'Twixt the opposing principles of good / And ill."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1783
"To work, my hearts of oak, to work; here the sun is half an hour high, and not a stroke struck yet."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1784
"I love to weep, love the soft feast of grief, / Court mournful thoughts, nor ever wish relief;-- / Sadness I woo, yet still the phantom flies, / And joy seduces, whilst I ask for sighs."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)