Date: 1777
"Pale-eyed Affright, his heart of silver hue, / In vain essayed her bosom to acale."
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Date: 1778
" In thee, by art, the demon stands confest, / But nature on thy soul has stamped the god."
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Date: 1778
"To melancholy thoughts awakes the soul, / And lulls the mind to contemplation's dream"
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Date: w. 1769, 1784
Religion "'Tis fancy all, distempers of the mind / As Education taught us, we're inclined."
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Date: w. 1769, 1784
"Happy (if Mortals can be) is the Man, / Who, not by Priest but Reason, rules his span:"
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Date: 1784
Cupid is "Ever gaining conquered hearts" by using Miss Hoyland's beauty as a bow
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Date: 1789
"Deceiving gold was once my only toy, / With it my soul within the coffer lay"
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Date: 1789, 1791, 1799
"Throned in the vaulted heart, his dread resort, / Inexorable Conscience holds his court"
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Date: 1789, 1791, 1799
"Oft tho' thy genius, Darwin! amply fraught / With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind; / Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought, / Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind"
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Date: 1789, 1791, 1799
"When Air's pure essence joins the vital flood, / And with phosphoric Acid dyes the blood, / Your Virgin trains the transient Heat dispart, / And lead the soft combustion round the heart; / Life's holy lamp with fires successive feed"
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