Date: 1745
"But SATIRE's arrow searches ev'ry breast: / She plays a ruling passion on the rest"
preview | full record— Brown, John (1715-1766)
Date: 1745
"Lo! Shaftsb'ry rears her [Satire] high on reason's throne, / And loads the slave with honours not her own."
preview | full record— Brown, John (1715-1766)
Date: 1749
"With distant Voice neglected Virtue calls, / Less heard, and less the faint Remonstrance falls; / Tir'd with Contempt, she quits the slipp'ry Reign, / And Pride and Prudence take her Seat in vain."
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: 1751
"He stood; content to bow to Custom's Throne, / So Reason mote not blush his sovran Rule to own."
preview | full record— West, Gilbert (1703-1756)
Date: 1751
"And fettering on her Throne th' immortal Mind, / The Guidance of her Realm to Passions wild resign'd."
preview | full record— West, Gilbert (1703-1756)
Date: 1752
"In vain--The Master-Passion governs still, / And forces you to yield against your Will"
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]
Date: 1752
"Weak, impotent, yet wishing to be free, / You are by much a greater Slave, than me; / A Slave, to ev'ry Gust that shakes your Mind, / Your Eyes broad open, and your Senses blind."
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]
Date: 1752
"Disguis'd in vain, wake from your foolish Dream, / And own yourself the very Slave you seem; / The Slave of Passion; which perverts Truth's Plan, / And sinks the virtuous in the vicious Man."
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]
Date: 1752
"Caution'd in vain--Oh! ever Passion's Slave! / You tempt your Fate, and the same Dangers brave."
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]
Date: 1752, 1791
"Oft thro' my eyes my soul has flown, / And wanton'd on that iv'ry throne [Ethelinda's breast]"
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)