Date: 1747
"Old Gripus ne'er was known to be devout, / Till Satan found his ruling passion out"
preview | full record— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Date: 1747
"E'en stern ecclesiasticks laid aside / (To welcome him) their ruling passion, pride."
preview | full record— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Date: 1749
"Her gentle Sway no sanguine Wreath requir'd; / In Halcyon Hearts she fix'd her friendly Throne."
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
Man, ungoverned by reason or unguided by Instinct, may rush lawless and headlong, leaving "native Joy and gentle Peace behind"
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1749
The "gentle Passions" may move obedient still, reason rule, and wisdom guide the will
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1757
"Oh, son of genius! Friend of art! / Garrick, thou monarch of the heart!"
preview | full record— Boyce, Samuel (d. 1775)
Date: 1757
An enchantress may fix her "sun-bright throne" in her lover's bosom
preview | full record— Boyce, Samuel (d. 1775)
Date: 1766
Melancholy may "round [one's] heart erect [her] ebon throne"
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: 1766
"Sweet friendship in the heart confirms her throne"
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: 1785
When Passion dwells in the heart it is "Pleasure's court"
preview | full record— Lovibond, Edward (bap. 1723, d. 1775)