Date: 1726, 1753
"Excited, thus, the smother'd fire, at length, / Bursts into blaze, and burns, with open strength: / That image, which, before, but sooth'd the mind, / Now lords it there, and rages, unconfined"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1726, 1753
"Boundless desire, aw'd hope, and doubtful joy, / Stormy, by turns, the veering heart employ; / Sick'ning, in fancy's sun-shine, now, we faint, / And licence wounds us deeper, than restraint."
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Date: 1726, 1753
"Vast sea of exstacy, that drowns the mind! / That fierce transfusion of exchanging hearts!"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1726, 1753
"Love, in a chain of converse, bound mankind, / And polish'd, and awak'd the rugged mind."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1726, 1753
"But I have err'd; and, with delirious aim, / Would picture motion, and imprison flame. / He, who can light'ning's flash, to colours, bind, / May paint love's influence, on the burning mind."
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Date: 1727, 1728
A young man may be "Possess'd of every virtue, grace, and art, / That claims just empire o'er the female heart"
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1728
"Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine? / Can we dig peace or wisdom from the mine?"
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1728
"Or canst Thou judge, by partial Passion blind?"
preview | full record— Pattison, William (1706-1727)
Date: 1740
"Love, Thy image love, impart, / Stamp it on our face and heart"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1741
" The universal pardon's past; / O seal it on my heart."
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