Date: 1823
The "venom'd shafts" of Cupid "empoison mortal joy," "Drawing from heav'n the soul of man to earth, / With foul alloy debasing purest treasure."
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1825
"What powers lie folded in thy curious frame,-- / Senses from objects locked, and mind from thought! "
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1825
"One only passion, strong and unconfined, / Disturbed the balance of her even mind"
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)