Date: 1747

Jealousy "inly gnaws the secret heart"

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1747

"These shall the fury Passions tear, / The vultures of the mind, / Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, / And Shame that skulks behind."

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1751

"Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid / Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire."

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1751

"Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, / And froze the genial current of the soul."

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1753

The heart may be softened or wounded

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: w. 1755-1757, 1768

Unborn ages may crowd on the soul

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: w. 1755-1757, 1768

Horror may be a "tyrant of the throbbing breast"

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1759

"Peaceful virtues" dwell within the "sacred cell" of the heart

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1775

The mind may be "weak and sickly"

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1775

A heart may glow with pure Julian fire

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)