Date: 1728
For a wise and virtuous king "Reason alone his upright judgement guides"
preview | full record— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
Date: 1713, 1729
Bacchus may calm a stormy soul and "place ... Reason in its Throne again"
preview | full record— Carey, Henry (1687-1743)
Date: 1731
"Worn out with Cares, and tott'ring in her Seat, / The Soul resigns her Throne, and seeks Retreat."
preview | full record— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)
Date: 1737
"So, from the narrow Limits of the Heart, / The active Soul does vig'rous Life impart / To all the Limbs: it's Sway the Members own, / And wide it's Empire spreads around it's Throne."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Regard thy Powers, O Man! nor heed thy Size: / In piercing Reason thy Advantage lies; / Reason that conquers all, and rules the Skies."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"The Man a nobler Empire gains, / That his own craving Will restrains, / Than he whose Sword and wide Command / Join distant Spain and Lybia's Land."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Alas! by diff'rent Passions I'm oppress'd! / Fierce Love and Hate contend within my Breast."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"As in the greater World, aspiring Flame, / Earth, Water, Air, make the material Frame: / And thro' the Members a commanding Soul / Infus'd, directs the Motion of the Whole: / So 'tis in Man, the lesser World: the Case / Is Clay, unactive, and an earthly Mass: / But the Blood's Streams the ruli...
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"With Terrors round can Reason hold her throne / Despise the known, nor tremble at th'unknown?"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1738, 1792
"But soon a beam, emissive from above, / Shed mental day, and touch'd the heart with love; / Gave jealous rage to know Divine Controul, / And ruled the tempest rising in the soul."
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)