Date: 1788

"While Mercy bids admiring nations own, / Thy sword her weapon, and thy heart her throne, / My love need only to thy thought commend / One dearer life, which, mighty God! defend."

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1795

One may have "The throne of Virtue in [his] steadfast heart"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1804

The mind may be kept upon her throne "in duty firm and sage"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1804

The Lord may establish himself in "The heart [his] real throne"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1804

"The tender fair, whose heart is pity's throne, / With ease forgives all errors, but her own"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1804

The nine [muses] may "vindicate [sensibility's] empire o'er the mind"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1805

A child may learn from his mother "The empire of the soul"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1818

The faithful bless the Lord's "empire o'er the willing soul"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)