Date: 1757
"Oh, son of genius! Friend of art! / Garrick, thou monarch of the heart!"
preview | full record— Boyce, Samuel (d. 1775)
Date: 1765
"Thro' rooted vice my spirits fail, / Which o'er my heart an empire wins, / O let thy mercy countervail / To cover all our sins."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1765
"Be ye not like to horse or mule, / That are not bless'd with reason's rule."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: w. April 18, 1776; 1777
"Even my love of literary fame, my ruling passion, never soured my temper, notwithstanding my frequent disappointments."
preview | full record— Hume, David (1711-1776)