Date: 1730
"Cowardice was only the predominant Passion that seiz'd me then, but now I am as valiant as any Man, and by thy supernatural Charms I adore you."
preview | full record— Coffey, Charles (d. 1745)
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: June 22, 1731
"But Heaven, who knows our Frame, and graciously distinguishes between Frailty and Presumption, will make a Difference, tho' Man cannot, who sees not the Heart, but only judges by the outward Action."
preview | full record— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)
Date: 1731
"Proud of Dominion, yet enslav'd to Fear, / Kings who love Blood, thro' one long Tempest steer, / While the calm Monarch, who with Smiles controuls, / Roots his safe Empire, and is King of Souls."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1731
"'Tis true, my Favourite has betray'd me, basely; / But he was first, himself, betray'd by Love; / That Tyrant of the Heart, more King than I, / Ranks Monarchs with his Slaves."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1731
"I will strive / To check this rising Passion; and forget / That she who charms me thus is in my Power, / Till I can bend that Pow'r, to Reason's Rule."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1734
Love may take the heart with storm and rule there alone
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1734, 1753
"Man, the deceiver, veils his cruel art, / And skreens himself within th' attempted heart; / There, to ungen'rous empire, climbs, e'er long, / Help'd by the confidence he means to wrong."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1739
Reason may be "lost in good Wine," but "All the Fumes will away / That did the bright Regent confine"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Date: 1739
"What Law of Beauty gives her the Empire over all Hearts?"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)