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Date: 1728
"All Nature fades extinct; and She alone / Heard, felt, and seen, possesses every Thought, / Fills every Sense, and pants in every Vein."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1743
"This wings its Way to its Almighty Source, / The Witness of its Actions, now its Judge: / That drops into the dark and noisome Grave, / Like a disabled Pitcher of no Use."
preview | full record— Blair, Robert (1699-1746)
Date: 1743
"Here garrulous Old Age winds up his Tale; / And jovial Youth of lightsome vacant Heart, / Whose ev'ry Day was made of Melody, / Hears not the Voice of Mirth."
preview | full record— Blair, Robert (1699-1746)
Date: 1771, 1776
"Adieu, ye lays, that fancy's flowers adorn, / The soft amusement of the vacant mind!"
preview | full record— Beattie, James (1735-1803)
