Date: 1730
"See there the ruins of the noble mind, / When from calm reason passion tears the sway."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1745
"But from my Soul to banish, / While weeping Memory there retains her Seat, / Thoughts which the purest Bosom might have cherish'd, / Once my Delight, now even in Anguish charming, / Is more, alas! my Lord, than I can promise."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: Performed Dec 1756, published 1757
"Within my bosom reigns another lord; / Honour, sole judge and umpire of itself."
preview | full record— Home, John (1722-1808)