Date: 1725-6

"Heav'n has not curst me with a heart of steel, / But giv'n the sense, to pity, and to feel."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"Deep in my soul the trust shall lodge secur'd, / With ribs of steel, and marble heart immur'd"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"And oh my Queen! he cries; what pow'r above / Has steel'd that heart, averse to spousal love!"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"O cruel thou! some fury sure has steel'd / That stubborn soul, by toil untaught to yield!"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"But sure relentless folly steels thy breast, / Obdurate to reject the stranger-guest"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1727

"Death from this coarse Alloy refines the Mind."

— Somervile, William (1675-1742)

Date: 1727

"Ned cou'd not well digest this Change, / Forc'd in the World at large to range; / With Babel's Monarch turn'd to grass, / Wou'd it not break an Heart of Brass?"

— Somervile, William (1675-1742)

Date: 1727, 1739

"The Friend of Life! Death unrelenting bears / An iron Heart, and laughs at human Cares."

— Broome, William (1689-1745); Hesiod

Date: 1728

"And gold refined The sated mind, / Fastidious, turns to perfect dross."

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Date: 1728

"Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine? / Can we dig peace or wisdom from the mine?"

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)