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Date: 1764, 1773
"But thou, my friend! while in thy youthful soul / Love's gentle tyrant seats his aweful throne, / Write from thy bosom--let not art controul / The ready pen, that makes his edicts known."
preview | full record— Shenstone, William (1714-1763)
Date: 1782
One may "give an image all thine heart" but "Its empire is not hers, nor is it thine, / 'Tis God's just claim, prerogative divine"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
