Date: 1816
An "o'erpow'ring spell may, in spite of "all that reason can suggest," maintain "despotic empire o'er [the] breast"
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Date: 1823
"[I]n the virtuous heart is fix'd [Love's] lasting throne"
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Date: 1823
"On either side, and all around, engrav'd / Were mystic symbols seen of free-born hearts enslav'd"
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