Date: 1790
"A contented mind is a continual feast."
preview | full record— Trusler, John (1735-1820)
Date: 1790
The Furies "Steel her [Envy's] heart to pity's tear."
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: 1790
"Her sickly mind / Was ill at ease, though seated on the throne / of affluence and plenty."
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"With a soldier's care / He plan'd the conquest of Ophelia's heart/ and won it"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"Is there a man whose iron heart is proof / Against such charms?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: March 8, 1790
"Love does all day the soul's great empire keep; / But Wine, at night, lulls the soft God asleep."
preview | full record— Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823)
Date: March 8, 1790
"Your pow'r my captive heart in chains shall bind, / Sweet as the graces of your face and mind."
preview | full record— Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823)
Date: 1790
'While we converse together, and I feel / 'Secret correction from the bolt of truth / 'Shot home, my better soul in triumph rides, / Borne on the wings of reason to her throne."
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
One may have two souls "which, like two mighty Kings, / 'Ever contending for the sov'reignty, / 'Stir up sedition and revolt within"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
A better soul "by revolution strange" may come to sit on her throne
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)