Date: 1745
"But from my Soul to banish, / While weeping Memory there retains her Seat, / Thoughts which the purest Bosom might have cherish'd, / Once my Delight, now even in Anguish charming, / Is more, alas! my Lord, than I can promise."
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Date: 1748
"Let godlike reason, from her sovereign throne, / Speak the commanding word 'I will!' and it is done."
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