Date: 1762, 1781
"Bear back, false Winchester, thy proffer'd Bliss, / Weigh Crowns and Kingdoms with a deed like this, / Far, far too light in Wisdom's eye they seem, / Nor shake the scale, while Reason holds the beam."
preview | full record— Keate, George (1729-1797)
Date: 1763, 1770
"Yes, doubtless, steel'd--but still he show'd a heart, / As soft, as Cleopatra's softest part."
preview | full record— Thompson, Edward (1738-1786)
Date: 1770
"Excursive thought" may "Stand still a moment, and by reason taught / Judge rightly, with strict eye thyself survey"
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)