Date: 1818
The faithful bless the Lord's "empire o'er the willing soul"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1819
The master-passion is not always obeyed
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1819
Reason may "re-ascend her throne" after a burst of "salutary tears"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1820
"Fancy, high-commission'd:--send her! / She has vassals to attend her."
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821)
Date: 1820
"O, that the wise from their bright minds would kindle / Such lamps within the dome of this dim world, / That the pale name of PRIEST might shrink and dwindle / Into the hell from which it first was hurled, / A scoff of impious pride from fiends impure; / Till human thoughts might kneel alone, / ...
preview | full record— Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Date: 1820
"Pity the self-despising slaves of Heaven, / Not me, within whose mind sits peace serene, / As light in the sun, throned."
preview | full record— Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Date: 1820
"Yet am I king over myself, and rule / The torturing and conflicting throngs within, / As Jove rules you when Hell grows mutinous."
preview | full record— Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Date: 1821
Invention must "yield it to the rule of reason"
preview | full record— Combe, William (1742 -1823)
Date: August 15, 1822
A king may "over three nations .. happily reign, / And establish his throne in their hearts"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1823
"[I]n the virtuous heart is fix'd [Love's] lasting throne"
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)