Date: 1741-2
A "wounded conscience" may throb beneath a star, and shake one's "fabric with intestine war"
preview | full record— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Date: 1741, 1753
"Tho' smiles, and tears, obey thy moving skill, / And passion's ruffled empire waits thy will?"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1741
"His weary Soul, from earthly Bondage freed, / Nor fled to Heav'n, where Some say Spirits fly; / Nor vanish'd into Air, as Others plead; / Nor chang'd into a Star adorn'd the Sky; / Nor sought direct (a solitary Shade!) / In Pluto's gloomy Realm, Eternal Rest: / But thro' Traduction, (as his Moth...
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"Nor useless Hints to Him impart, / Who knows so well to cast the Heart / In Virtue's genuine Mould."
preview | full record— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)
Date: 1741
"Nor durst he say that ought he saw was wrong, / For Fear, his master Passion, ty'd his Tongue."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"The younger two were of a milder Kind, / And bore their Sire's Impression on the Mind."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"But self-conceitedness does reign / In every mortal mind."
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: 1741
"If not your wife, let reason's rule persuade; / Name but my fault, amends shall soon be made."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
" The universal pardon's past; / O seal it on my heart."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1741
"Thy long-suffering is salvation, / Not to seal souls for hell, / Not for man's damnation"
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