Date: 1774
"Her soul, refin'd from passion's base alloy, / Seem'd wrapt in visions of seraphic joy."
preview | full record— Roberts, William Hayward (d. 1791)
Date: 1777
"The greedy Creditor, whose flinty breast / The iron hand of Avarice hath press'd, / Who never own'd Humanity's soft claim"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1777
"Where dwells the soul against Compassion steel'd, / Or who disdains the generous tear to yield?"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1777
"Courage, the warrior's bosom steel'd."
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: 1772-1781, 1781
"But, if thy faint springs / Refuse this large supply, steel thy firm soul / With stoic pride"
preview | full record— Mason, William (1725-1797)
Date: 1781
"'Gainst fear and pity now thy bosom steel, / For sights more horrible I now reveal!"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1781, 1791
An "scholar, but unwise" "cannot separate the dross / From the pure ore"
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: 1782
"Let heathen worthies, whose exalted mind / Left sensuality and dross behind, / Possess for me their undisputed lot"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1785
"Thus rust the Mind's best powers."
preview | full record— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Date: 1785
Wisdom is a pearl "with most success / Sought in still water, and beneath clear skies"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)