Date: 1745

"Truth stamps conviction in the mind, / All doubts and fears are left behind, / And peace and joy at once an entrance find."

— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

Date: 1757, 1758, 1771, 1777

"Ah Goddess! cease / Thus with terrific forms to rack my brain; / These horrid phantoms shake the throne of peace, / And Reason calls her boasted powers in vain.

— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

Date: 1757, 1758, 1771, 1777

"Gentler shapes, and softer scenes disclose, / To melt the feeling heart, yet soothe its tenderest woes"

— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

Date: 1757, 1758, 1771, 1777

"Before my wondering sense new phantoms dance, / And stamp their horrid shapes upon my brain."

— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

Date: 1757, 1758, 1771, 1777

"Queen of the human heart! at whose command / The swelling tides of mighty Passion rise."

— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)