Date: 1788
"Thou Christian emperor in whose generous breast / The light of pure devotion shone impress'd, / That sacred light descending from above, / An emanation of coelestial love; / With speed of light'ning spread the lambent ray, / Till realms of darkness kindled into day; / From God himself the spark ...
preview | full record— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Date: 1791, 1806
"I'll snatch a ray of hope, / For Hope's the lamp divine / That lights and vivifies the fainting soul, / With ecstacies beyond the pow'rs of song!"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1793, 1806
"'Twas Instinct rushing thro' her beating breast! / Instinct, the lamp divine that lights the soul"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1793, 1806
"The noblest passions, and the living pow'rs / Of intellectual light, the soul's pure lamp, / All, all extinguish'd! "
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1796
"He ponders on the world,--abhors the whole; / While black as night, his gloomy thought expands / O'er life's perplexing paths, and barren sands"
preview | full record— Merry, Robert (1755-1798)
Date: 1797
"May the soft rays of dawning hope impart / Reviving Patience to my fainting heart."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)