Date: 1774
"Her soul, refin'd from passion's base alloy, / Seem'd wrapt in visions of seraphic joy."
preview | full record— Roberts, William Hayward (d. 1791)
Date: 1777
"Courage, the warrior's bosom steel'd."
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: 1785-7, 1791, 1792
"Yet are there some who think (but what a shame!) / Poor people's souls like pence of Birmingham, / Adulterated brass--base stuff--abhorr'd-- / That never can pass current with the Lord; / And think because of wealth they boast a store, / With ev'ry freedom they may treat the poor."
preview | full record— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)
Date: 1790
"Is there a man whose iron heart is proof / Against such charms?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"'Who foils a Persian? Are they not all flint, / 'All steel and iron to the very heart?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"'The hero's heart is neither steel nor flint"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"For what heart, / Not made of steel, could look on such a scene, / Three armies deep and strong, with countless horse, / Chariots untold, innumerable foot"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1791
"The generous Mind expanding into Joy, / While no mean Passion mixt its base Alloy;"
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: 1791
"Hail to each ancient sacred shade / Of those, who gave the Muses aid, / Skill'd verse mysterious to unfold, / And set each brilliant thought in gold."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1792
"Had not a persecuting spirit steel'd / Their breasts to momentary pardon prone."
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)