Date: 1780, 1781, 1788
"Thy simple diction, free from glaring art, / With sweet allurement steals upon the heart, / Pure, as the rill, that Nature's hand refines; / Clear, as thy harmony of soul, it shines."
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1780, 1781, 1788
"Two passions there by soft contention please, / The love of martial Fame, and learned Ease: / These friendly colours, exquisitely join'd, / Form the enchanting picture of thy mind."
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: June 5, 1780
"Some, though they wish it, are not steel'd enough, / Nor is each would-be villain conscience-proof."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1780
" Let no remorse invade thy purposed mind, / But to one standard level all mankind."
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1780
Locke expelled innate ideas by asserting that "disquisition and proof were the test of truth; and that whatever would not stand their touch, must be considered as base metal."
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1780, 1785
"Come then dear and decent favour, / Learn what thou wilt ne'er impart;/ Fix thy throne, and fix it ever, / In the regions of my heart."
preview | full record— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Date: 1780
"Thy mind expanded to her empire's bound; / There every Science a firm station found."
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1780
"Our hearts more free from Faction's Weeds we feel, / But they have loft the Flower of Patriot Zeal"
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Date: 1780
"But O! how rare benignant Virtue springs / In the blank bosom of despotic kings!"
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Date: 1780
"Thy simple diction, free from glaring art, / With sweet allurement steals upon the heart; / Pure as the rill, that Nature's hand refines, / A cloudless mirror of thy soul it shines"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)