Date: w. 1707, published 1728-9
Dulness is "the safe Opiate of the Mind."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1728
"Poll performs her Parts / With such Grace and Arts, / That each Night she conquers Hearts, / Both in Pit and Boxes."
preview | full record— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)