Date: 1723
"For still we find Plebeian Minds are sway'd / By strong Impressions on the Senses made"
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Date: 1723
"When Alfred thus had view'd with ravish'd Eyes / These bright Etherial Seats, these happy Skies, / Which on his Soul divine Impressions made, / And high Idea's to his Thought convey'd, / They by Degrees descended thro' the Air / To the sad Realms of Horrour and Despair; / The Walks of Death, and...
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Date: 1723
"While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein, / Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain, / Which deep Impressions left of various Kind, / That pain the Body or afflict the Mind."
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Date: 1723
"And now his Spirits by the Impulse move / Of the new Guest [Love], while soft unpractis'd Pains / Throb in his Breast and thrill along his Veins."
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Date: 1723
"Can Pains and Prisons Errour's Force controul, / And the chain'd Body loose the fetter'd Soul?"
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Date: 1735
"'Twere endless to describe the various Darts, / With which the Fair are arm'd to conquer Heart"
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Date: 1735
"Come, gentle Sleep, my Eye-lids close, / These dull Impressions help me lose:"
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Date: 1735
"Such was the Turn of thy exalted Mind, / Sparkling as polish'd Gems, as purest Gold refin'd."
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Date: 1735
"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast"
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Date: 1735
"Hope may some boundless Future Bliss embrace, / But What, or When, or How, or Where, / Are Mazes all, which Fancy runs in vain"
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