Date: 1762
"And stamp'd with Thy good Spirit's seal, / I love Thee, Lord, with all my heart"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1762?
"My heart a cage of birds unclean, / Its old corrupt affections feels, / Its strong propensity to sin; / And God in me no longer dwells."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1764, 1773
"But thou, my friend! while in thy youthful soul / Love's gentle tyrant seats his aweful throne, / Write from thy bosom--let not art controul / The ready pen, that makes his edicts known."
preview | full record— Shenstone, William (1714-1763)
Date: 1773
"There, whilst the vault resounds my plaintive sigh, / In deathful echoes, shall Despondence bring / The saddest visions on the mind's wan eye, / That ever wav'd on Fancy's blackest wing"
preview | full record— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)
Date: 1773, 1894-1895
"The human Spirit, when it burns and shines, / 'Lamp of Jehovah" Solomon defines. / Now, as a Vessel, to contain the Whole, / This 'Lamp' denotes the Body, Oil the Soul"
preview | full record— Byrom, John (1692-1763)
Date: 1775
"Need we the influence of the northern star / To string our nerves and steel our hearts to war? "
preview | full record— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)
Date: w. 1789, 1804
"Heav'n's pure Word would prompt Affection win, / And purge the Soul from all polluting Sin; / Till, like a faithful mirror Man would shine, / By Wisdom polish'd, and by Grace, divine."
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: w. 1789, 1804
"Can Mammon's votaries vainly hope to bind, / In shining shackles, his immortal Mind?"
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: w. 1789, 1804
"While Vanity unveils her whiffling flags, / Her glittering trinkets, and her tawdry rags-- / Spreads spangled nets, and fills her philter'd bowl, / To fix each Sense, and fascinate the Soul-- / Her birdlime twigs contrived with such sly Art, / That while they tangle thoughts, they trap the heart...
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
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)