Date: 1771
"Grace, that with tenderness and sense combin'd / To form that harmony of soul and face, / Where beauty shines the mirror of the mind."
preview | full record— Mason, William (1725-1797)
Date: 1787
"And life's first moment stamp'd my soul immortal."
preview | full record— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Date: 1787
"Love was ever the touchstone to try the fine mind, / Sterling Virtue 'twill never debase; / No alloy can we know, from a passion refin'd,"
preview | full record— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Date: 1795
"Like souls unborn and unequipp'd, / A blank, of many a passion stripp'd."
preview | full record— Stevenson, John Hall (1717-1785)
Date: July 1797, 1810
"See, while his thunders iron hearts assail, / The tyrants of each hemisphere turn pale!"
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Date: 1804
The "tender, feeling heart" is "Compassion's throne"
preview | full record— Huddesford, George (bap. 1749, d. 1809)
Date: 1804
"[L]ove-darting Eyes" may show "How many hearts their empire own"
preview | full record— Huddesford, George (bap. 1749, d. 1809)
Date: 1804
"Though with only one eye, yet a spark from that same, / Like a big brimstone match kindles up such a flame, / As to make my blood boil, while it causes a smart / Like the lamp of a teakettle under my heart."
preview | full record— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)
Date: 1804
"And my breast, like a mutton-chop, broiling"
preview | full record— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)
Date: 1804
"Stretch the Mind's Eye, and then behold, / Though circling Rounds thy Steps may tread"
preview | full record— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)