Date: 1785, 1838
"Hapless the lad whose mind such dreams [of scribbling] invade, / And win to verse the talents due to trade."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1786
"From that awful period, almost every expectation is forlorn: the heart is left unguarded: its great protector is no more: the vices therefore, which so long encompassed it in vain, obtain an easy victory: in crouds they pour into the defenceless avenues, and take possession of the soul: there is...
preview | full record— Clarkson, Thomas (1760–1846)