Date: 1723, 1740
"Those slighted Favours which cold Nymphs dispense, / Mere common Counters of the Sense, / Defective both in Mettle and in Measure, / A Lover's Fancy coins into a Treasure."
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Date: 1723, 1740
Love is a "glorious Sun within our Souls, / Whose Influence so much controuls; / Ev'n dull and heavy Lumps of Love, / Quicken'd by [it], more lively move"
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Date: 1723, 1740
"And if their Heads but any Substance hold, / Love ripens all that Dross into the purest Gold."
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Date: 1740
"Love, Thy image love, impart, / Stamp it on our face and heart"
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Date: 1741
" The universal pardon's past; / O seal it on my heart."
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Date: 1741
"Thy long-suffering is salvation, / Not to seal souls for hell, / Not for man's damnation"
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Date: 1743
"My soul is more than conqueror, / And strong in strength invincible."
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Date: 1743
"My heart and flesh cry out for God: / There would I fix my soul's abode, / As birds that in the altars nest."
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Date: 1747
"Love only could conquer so stubborn an heart"
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Date: 1747
Jesus can vindicate his "right Divine" and "Conquer this rebellious heart"
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