Date: 1776
"The beautiful and sublime are here mingled in the superlative degree; the great Creator's works, unspoiled by art, rush on the mind, and fill it with delight and awe."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Long has the idea wandered through my mind--Long have I languished for that peaceful haven, in which this tempest-beaten bark can only anchor."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"A thousand wild vagaries now rushed into my troubled brain."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1789, 1792
"The tops of these scarce veil'd the roots of those; / A winding court where wandering fancy walk'd / And to herself responsive Echo talk'd."
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)