Date: 1715
"Thy Virtues flash, / They break at once on my astonish'd Soul; / As if the Curtains of the Dark were drawn, / To let in Day at Midnight."
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Date: 1715
"Ev'ry mad Passion kindles up again, / Love, Rage, Despair--and yet I will be Master."
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Date: 1715
"'Tis false! The thinking Soul is somewhat more / Than Symmetry of Atoms well dispos'd, / The Harmony of Matter."
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Date: 1715
"Shall thy Soul / Still scorn the World, still flie the Joys that court / Thy blooming Beauty, and thy tender Youth? / Still shall she soar on Contemplation's Wing, / And mix with nothing meaner than the Stars; / As Heaven and Immortality alone / Were Objects worthy to employ her Faculties."
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Date: 1715
"Truth and Innocence: / A conscious Knowledg rooted in my Heart, / That to have sav'd my Country was my Duty."
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Date: 1715
"Some Flame uncommon kindles up his Soul, / And flashes forth impetuous at his Eyes."
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Date: 1715
"Their old Hearts melted in 'em as she spoke, / And Tears ran down upon their silver Beards."
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Date: 1715
"Light of my Soul, my Hearts refined part, why dost thou weep, why like distilling Roses waste, dissolving thus thy Beauties to a Dew?"
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Date: 1715
"Reason's Efforts are vain, I am my Passion's Slave, and cannot quit this scornful Woman."
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Date: 1715
"The Man's Passion is now at the Top, and Things cannot long stand at the Top; it is an old Observation I have made, that when the Pot boils over, it cools it self:--But then the Fat's all in the Fire--Ay! that is not as it shou'd be--she shou'd encourage him a little, or the hot Fit will be over...
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