Date: 1774
"Her soul, refin'd from passion's base alloy, / Seem'd wrapt in visions of seraphic joy."
preview | full record— Roberts, William Hayward (d. 1791)
Date: 1774
"His breast, with native courage steel'd, / On fear could ne'er one thought bestow"
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1775
"Need we the influence of the northern star / To string our nerves and steel our hearts to war? "
preview | full record— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)
Date: 1776
"One breast alone against his rage was steel'd, / Secure in spotless Truth's celestial shield"
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Date: 1776
"Forgive, O king, if as a man I feel, / I bear no bosom of obdurate steel"
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Date: 1777
"Pale-eyed Affright, his heart of silver hue, / In vain essayed her bosom to acale."
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: 1777
"Courage, the warrior's bosom steel'd."
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: August 4, 1778
"Behold! the soul shall waft away, / Whene'er we come to die, / And leave its cottage made of clay, / In twinkling of an eye."
preview | full record— Hammon, Jupiter (1711-c.1800)
Date: January 1, 1779
"There [to Heaven's Regions] when the soul, in search of purer day, / Loos'd from mortality's impris'ning clay / Shall swifter than the forked lightning dart."
preview | full record— Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)
Date: June 5, 1780
"Some, though they wish it, are not steel'd enough, / Nor is each would-be villain conscience-proof."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)