Date: 1767
"Beauty, ye fair, may forge the lover's chain; / But the mind's charms your empire must maintain."
preview | full record— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)
Date: 1768
"Hope and fear alternate rising, / Strive for empire o'er my heart."
preview | full record— Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)
Date: 1769
A debt of gratitude to parents is "stamp'd upon our frames; In polish'd minds it shines the most"
preview | full record— Reed, Joseph (1723-1787)
Date: 1769
"Your beauteous looks inspire my mind / With passion of the purest kind: / No selfish views my bosom sway, / But all is love without allay."
preview | full record— Reed, Joseph (1723-1787)
Date: 1769
"But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds, / And gall, if possible, thine iron heart."
preview | full record— Home, John (1722-1808)
Date: 1769
"And still my soul they [cares] hold in pain, / Their cruel empire to maintain."
preview | full record— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)
Date: 1769
"Nor fill my stormy breast with ire."
preview | full record— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)
Date: 1769
Cares may "torment my tortur'd mind, / Leaving their rugged tracts behind"
preview | full record— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)
Date: 1769
"Something like pity shakes my firm resolves, / And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis."
preview | full record— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)
Date: 1769
"Does thy iron heart / Deny me this--a portion of his grave?"
preview | full record— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)