Date: 1744, 1772, 1795
"Hitherto the stores, / Which feed thy mind and exercise her powers, / Partake the relish of their native soil, / Their parent earth."
preview | full record— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)
Date: 1745
"And tho' each Day increas'd his curious Store / Thought his capacious Soul had room for more"
preview | full record— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)
Date: 1745
"Such is the world Lorenzo's wisdom wooes, / And on its thorny pillow seeks repose; / A pillow which, like opiates ill-prepared, / Intoxicates, but not composes; fills / The visionary mind with gay chimeras, / All the wild trash of sleep, without the rest; / What unfeign'd travail, and what dream...
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1745
"Fancy and Sense from an infected shore, / Thy cargo bring; and pestilence the prize."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1745
"Drink early then, my Friend, at Reason's Bowl, / And fill with wholesome Draughts thy youthful Soul. / If Wine or Gall the Recent Vessel stains, / Each Scent alike the faithful Cask retains."
preview | full record— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)