Date: 1791
"This is that incense of the heart / Whose fragrance smells to heaven."
preview | full record— Cotton, Nathaniel, the elder (1705-1788)
Date: 1791
"In the rich realms of polished taste, / Where judgment penetrates to find / The treasures of the unwrought mind, / Where conversation's ardent spirit / Refines from dross the ore of merit, / Where emulation aids the flame / And stamps the sterling bust of fame."
preview | full record— West, Jane (1758-1852)
Date: 1791
The mind may be oppress'd with "weight of care"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
The mind may be rent as when two adverse winds vex and blow the sable flood
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
Gods are "swift as the traveller's thought"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
"He spake, and at his words grief like a cloud / Involved the mind of Hector dark around"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
The mind may feel "Terrour and consternation"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)