Date: 1745
"Tho' practis'd long in Courts, / I have not so far learn'd their subtle Trade, / To veer obedient with each Gust of Passion."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1762
"The unbridled Athamand, his sister's son, / In firm alliance with a noble princess, / Whom Persia's court had destin'd to his love, / (His tyrant passions brooking no controul,) / Demanded Zobeide as despotic master."
preview | full record— Cradock, Joseph (1742-1826)
Date: 1780
"Once love gets into a man's head, poor reason is brought before a court-martial of the passions, and cashiered without a hearing"
preview | full record— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)