Date: 1700
"I cannot view you, Madam: For when you speak, all the Faculties of my charm'd Soul crowd to my attentive Ears; desert my Eyes, which gaze insensibly"
preview | full record— Farquhar, George (1676/7-1707)
Date: 1726
"I have so many Thoughts crowding in upon me, I don't know which first to speak to."
preview | full record— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)
Date: 1726
"Come quickly to the rescue of my Love, / Transport me with the dear, dear Sight of you, / Far from the crowding Thoughts of what I owe / To Warcourt, for my Father, and my self:"
preview | full record— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)
Date: 1739
"The Sense but to have sav'd that wond'rous Man, / Is still a smiling Cherub in my Breast, / And whispers Peace within."
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)