Date: 1749
God may "Come quickly" and "in every heart / Set up [His] throne of love
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1749
"Long did our lusts and passions reign, / And ruled us with an iron rod"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
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: 1753
Love may "To slighted beauty .. new powers impart: / And stretch the aided empire of the heart"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1754
The "grim natives" of East-Brent were of "reason wholly void, whom instinct rules"
preview | full record— Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)
Date: 1754
Reason may rule the mind and keep her God-like seat
preview | full record— Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)
Date: 1755
"Oh let me now thy tender Mercy find, / With thy free Grace illuminate my Mind, / Let me no more the Slave of Passion be, / But turn my wand'ring Thoughts to Heav'n and thee."
preview | full record— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Date: 1762
"Yet, when by Fancy’s Influence unconfin’d, / Does Wisdom give my throbbing Bosom Laws? / Do calmer Thoughts compose my ruffled Mind?"
preview | full record— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
Date: 1762
"While Night in solemn Shade invests the Pole, / And calm Reflexion soothes the pensive Soul; / While Reason undisturb'd asserts her Sway, / And Life’s deceitful Colours fade away: / To Thee! all-conscious Presence! I devote / This peaceful Interval of sober Thought."
preview | full record— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)