Date: 1746, 1793

"Then, then, exert thy utmost pow'r, / And teach me Being to endure; / Lest reason from the helm should start, / And lawless fury rule my heart; / Lest madness all my soul subdue, / To ask her Maker, What dost thou?"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1746, 1793

"Yet, could'st thou in that dreadful hour, / On my rack'd soul all Lethe pour, / Or fan me with the gelid breeze, / That chains in ice th' indignant seas."

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1746, 1793

"Or wrap my heart in tenfold steel, / I still am man, and still must feel."

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1746, 1793

Happiness may "Dart thro' my soul one chearful ray"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1754, 1793

"Let Logic's sons, mechanic throng, / Their syllogistic war prolong, / And reason's empire boast."

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1754, 1793

" Till Shakespeare touch'd the soul with all her smart, / And stamp'd her living image on the heart."

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1754, 1793

Griefs may "alternate o'er the bosom reign"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1754, 1793

"All-perfect Wisdom, on each living soul, / Engrav'd this mandate, 'to preserve their frame, And hold entire the gen'ral orb of being.'"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1754, 1793

"Desires more warm their natal throne maintain, / Platonic passions only reach the brain."

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1756, 1793

"Domestic troubles long my mind oppress'd, / And made the muse a stranger to my breast"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)