Date: 1753

"But their Hearts were steel'd by Custom."

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

Date: 1756

The soul to passion may yield her throne and see "with organs not her own"

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

Date: 1756

"Our rebel hearts" disown Love's sway "While tyrant lust usurps the throne"

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

Date: 1756

Kings and courts may stain the mind

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

Date: 1756

"I ask not Her heart, but would conquer my own"

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

Date: 1756

"O take me! stamp me on thy breast! / Deep let the image be imprest!"

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

Date: 1773

"Such were the working thoughts which swelled the breast / Of generous BOSWEL"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

Date: 1773

Toil and danger "feed and ripen minds" (not "meats and drinks" or "balmy airs, and vernal suns and showers")

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

Date: 1773

The mind may be "a never dying flame"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

Date: 1773

The soul may submit to wear "her wonted yoke"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)