Date: 1785
Knowledge and wisdom dwell in the head: knowledge in "heads replete with thoughts of other men" and wisdom "in minds attentive of their own"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1785
"Who then that has a mind well strung and tuned / To contemplation, and within his reach / A scene so friendly to his favourite task, / Would waste attention at the chequer'd board, / His host of wooden warriors to and fro / Marching and counter-marching, with an eye / As fixt as marble, with a f...
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1785
The gay juice may "unlock the secret soul"
preview | full record— Combe, William (1742 -1823)
Date: 1785
In the heart, "by jarring tempests tost, / Truth, honour, reason, virtue all are lost"
preview | full record— Combe, William (1742 -1823)
Date: 1785
"When Siddons, honour'd, lov'd, rever'd, departs, / Ah! who may claim her empire in your hearts?"
preview | full record— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Date: 1785
In spite of an aged face a lover may "Still rule the conquer'd heart to life's remotest hour."
preview | full record— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Date: 1785
"Then thro' her stores shall active mem'ry rove."
preview | full record— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Date: 1785
A ruined mind may be "A blank of Nature, vanish'd every thought / That Nature, Reason, that Experience taught."
preview | full record— Lovibond, Edward (bap. 1723, d. 1775)
Date: 1785
One's "chill'd ideas [may] quit their frozen pole / Of blank Despair"
preview | full record— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Date: 1785
"Thy saints proclaim thee King; and in their hearts / Thy title is engraven with a pen / Dipt in the fountain of eternal love"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)