Date: 1760, 1803
"To farther conquests still my soul aspires, / And all my bosom glows with martial fires"
preview | full record— Cambridge, Richard Owen (1717-1802)
Date: 1761
"No, thou art all that's elegant and fair, / And perfect upon earth; and Caius happy / Beyond whatever gratitude express'd, / Or fancy drew, when glowing raptures catch / The poet's breast, and set the soul on fire."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1761
"Why must I only answer thee with sighs? / What is it hangs thus heavy on my heart, / And weighs it down, when it should spring with joy? / Alas! 'tis conscience; 'tis the pride of honour; / 'Tis the severe condition of my fate, / Which makes it ruin to be lov'd by Tullia, / And warns me to suppr...
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1761
"But now Adversity's refining fire / Melts down the base alloy of earthly passions, / And purifies the temper of the heart."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1761
"Let not the memory of my wrongs extinguish / That spark divine, which animates the soul, / And lights the path of glory."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1761
"Here o'er this holy flame. / I join your hands, an emblem of your hearts: / Henceforth be one."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1764
Brave rage, a "grand master passion," may flame out for country
preview | full record— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
Date: 1765
"And my heart, within me burning, / Is become like melting wax."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1765, 1770
"Kindling new passions in her Nun's attire, / Till Dod and Dingley are themselves on fire."
preview | full record— Thompson, Edward (1738-1786)