Date: 1733

"My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, / Verse-man or Prose-man, term me which you will."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1733

"I love to pour out all myself, as plain / As downright Shippen, or as old Montagne. / In them, as certain to be lov'd as seen, / The Soul stood forth, nor kept a Thought within; / In me what Spots (for Spots I have) appear, / Will prove at least the Medium must be clear."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1735

"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast"

— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)

Date: 1737

"So, from the narrow Limits of the Heart, / The active Soul does vig'rous Life impart / To all the Limbs: it's Sway the Members own, / And wide it's Empire spreads around it's Throne."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"Regard thy Powers, O Man! nor heed thy Size: / In piercing Reason thy Advantage lies; / Reason that conquers all, and rules the Skies."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"Unless the Mind be purg'd, what Storms arise!"

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"The Man a nobler Empire gains, / That his own craving Will restrains, / Than he whose Sword and wide Command / Join distant Spain and Lybia's Land."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"Alas! by diff'rent Passions I'm oppress'd! / Fierce Love and Hate contend within my Breast."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"Souls for ever live: / But often their old Habitations leave, / To dwell in new; which them, as Guests, receive."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"As pliant Wax each new Impression takes, / Fixt to no Form, but still the Old forsakes, / Yet is the same: so Souls the same abide, / Tho' various Figures their Reception hide."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)