Date: 1742
"Where heav'nly Reason with her temperate Light, / Teaches th'unbiass'd Mind to judge aright / There Property secure enjoys her own; / There Conscience sits untroubl'd on her Throne"
preview | full record— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)
Date: 1749
"Her gentle Sway no sanguine Wreath requir'd; / In Halcyon Hearts she fix'd her friendly Throne."
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
Man, ungoverned by reason or unguided by Instinct, may rush lawless and headlong, leaving "native Joy and gentle Peace behind"
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
The "gentle Passions" may move obedient still, reason rule, and wisdom guide the will
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1753
Ambition may ascend to her Throne "Whilst ev'ry Kindred Grace her Queen attends"
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1754
"O, come; indignant, drive out, far beyond/ The utmost Precincts of the human Breast, / Beyond the Springs of Hope, the Cells of Joy, / And ev'ry Mansion where a Virtue lives; / O drive far off, for ever drive that Bane, / That hideous Pest, engender'd deep in Hell, / Where Stygian Glooms condens...
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1755
" When knowledge vainly tries, to form a rule / For female minds;--ev'n knowledge is a fool. / Nor can the laws of art, or nature fix, / Nor wise philosophy, the wondrous sex"
preview | full record— Derrick, Samuel (1724-1769)
Date: 1758
Truth is the "Great queen of harmony ... whose moral scepter rules the hearts of kings"
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1766
"Far beyond the bonds of meaning / Fancy flies, a Fairy queen!"
preview | full record— Cunningham, John (1729-1773)
Date: 1763, 1767
"And lo a flourish'd portico enrich'd, / That wears th'embroidery of the Queen it guards, / Where Fancy on her vernal throne presides / O'er all the colours of the painted year, / That charm th'affections, and deceive the eye."
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)