Date: 1762
"But when the king came, in the sound of his course, what heart of steel could stand!"
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Date: 1762
"My soul, that never melted before; it was like the steel of my sword"
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Date: 1762
"A troubled joy rose on her mind, like the red path of lightning on a stormy cloud!'
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Date: 1762
"'Rest thou,' I said, 'behind my shield; rest in peace, thou beam of light! the gloomy chief of Sora will fly, if Fingal's arm is like his soul."
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Date: 1762
"The soul of Nathos was sad, like the sun in the day of mist, when his face is watry and dim."
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Date: 1762
"He beholds him with bursting joy; and turns, amid his crowded soul"
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Date: 1765
"Or, greatly daring in his Country's cause, / Whose heaven-taught soul the aweful plan design'd, / Whence Power stood trembling at the voice of Laws, / Whence soar'd on Freedom's wing th'ethereal mind."
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Date: 1765
"Warm in the raptures of divine desire, / Burst the soft chain that curbs th'aspiring mind."
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Date: 1765
"Let those, whose arts to fatal paths betray, / The soul with passion's gloom tempestuous blind, / And snatch from Reason's ken th'auspicious ray / Truth darts from Heaven to guide th'exploring mind."
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Date: 1765
""Unwise, who, tossing on the watery way, / All to the storm th'unfetter'd sail devolve; / Man more unwise resigns the mental sway, / Born headlong on by passion's keen resolve."
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