Date: 1739
"And may the soft impression ne'er be lost! / O set me as a signet on thy heart!"
preview | full record— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Date: 1739
"My bosom all thy image shall retain, / The full impression there shall still remain."
preview | full record— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Date: 1739
"Ye happy minds, that free from mortal chains, / Possess the realms where boundless pleasure reigns, / That feel the force of those immortal fires, / And reach the bliss, to which my soul aspires."
preview | full record— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Date: October, 1739
"Bid Fancy quit her fairy cell, / In all her colours drest / While prompt her sallies to control, / Reason, the judge, recalls the soul / To Truth's severest test."
preview | full record— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)
Date: October, 1739
"That last best effort of [Science's] skill, / To form the life, and rule the will, / Propitious power! impart."
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Date: October, 1739
"Teach me to cool my passion's fires, / Make me the judge of my desires / The master of my heart."
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Date: 1742
"Not all the chains that tyrants use / Shall bind their souls to vice."
preview | full record— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Date: 1742
"He binds my Name upon his Arm, / And seals it on his Heart."
preview | full record— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Date: 1742
"No more shall trickling Sorrows roll / Thro' those dear Windows of his Soul."
preview | full record— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Date: 1744, 1756
"Our rebel hearts" disown Love's sway "While tyrant lust usurps the throne"
preview | full record— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)