Date: 1760
"How short aspiring Reason's vaunted Line, / When stretch'd to search thy Ways, thy Works divine!""
preview | full record— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
Date: 1760
"Whene'er he visits us with Racks of Pain, / And speeds the rapid Fever in each Vein, / Our drossy Souls the potent Fire refines,/ Till the bright Ore in polish'd Beauty shines"
preview | full record— Langhorne,William (1721-1772)
Date: 1760
"Dim burns the Lamp of Life; this Breast heaves slow; / My Soul shall soon the last sad Journey go."
preview | full record— Langhorne,William (1721-1772)
Date: 1760
"Sudden my verses take the rude alarm, / New-coin'd, and from the mint of fancy warm"
preview | full record— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)
Date: 1760
"There is a certain pleasing force that binds, / Faster than chains do slaves, two willing minds."
preview | full record— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)
Date: 1761, 1765
Authors may "still, as by magic, Passion's inbred storm"
preview | full record— Stevenson, William (1730-1783)
Date: 1761, 1765
Authors may "drag down Reason from her throne / Or make her reign unaided and alone"
preview | full record— Stevenson, William (1730-1783)
Date: 1761, 1765
Music may hold "sov'reign empire o'er the heart"
preview | full record— Stevenson, William (1730-1783)
Date: 1761, 1765
"If Prejudices rule with tyrant sway, / Teach them the voice of Reason to obey."
preview | full record— Stevenson, William (1730-1783)
Date: 1761, 1765
"If Passion domineers with wild uproar, / Speak, and again the Mind's lost peace restore, / To Thee, when sickness or distress draw nigh."
preview | full record— Stevenson, William (1730-1783)