Date: 1741
"Lord of my Wishes, tho' he reign'd confest / His Empire was still bounded by the Mind / In me, unblemish'd Honour lent the Fire / The mutual Flame to feed,--I thought should ne'er expire."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
A charmer may gain "a mental Empire" "And still a Queen thro' every bosom reign"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"Early instruct your tender Youth / In Heav'n's unerring Law of Truth, / Engrave it on their Mind."
preview | full record— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)
Date: 1741, 1753
"Tho' smiles, and tears, obey thy moving skill, / And passion's ruffled empire waits thy will?"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1741
"Nor durst he say that ought he saw was wrong, / For Fear, his master Passion, ty'd his Tongue."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"But self-conceitedness does reign / In every mortal mind."
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: 1741
"If not your wife, let reason's rule persuade; / Name but my fault, amends shall soon be made."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1738, 1742
"Ye Princes by destructive Passions led / Who mount without a Blush th'adult'rous Bed / Who hear your Subjects all around complain / Of Wrongs, repeated Wrongs, on Land and Main, / While all your Counsels are yourselves to please, / And while ye batten in inglorious Ease, / 'Tis Virtue only can...
preview | full record— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
Date: 1738, 1742
"In doing these ye act the princely Part, / And build your Empires in the People's Heart."
preview | full record— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
Date: 1742
"It makes us wander; wander earth around / To fly that tyrant, Thought."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)