Date: 1790

There may be "a midnight in the breast no morn will ever cheer"

— Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)

Date: 1790

The mind holds "each parted form," "like the after-echoing" of a storm

— Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)

Date: 1790

Pleasing scenes may remain in the bosom, like "moons who do their watches run with the reflected brightness of the sun"

— Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)

Date: 1793

The sex's "ruling passion is a Beau"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1793

Madness may subdue the soul

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1793

The rack'd soul may have Lethe poured upon it or may be fanned with a gelid breeze

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1793

The heart may be wrapped in tenfold steel

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1793

Happiness may "Dart thro' my soul one chearful ray"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1793

Logic's sons, a "mechanic throng" may war by syllogism "And reason's empire boast"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)

Date: 1793

"All-perfect Wisdom, on each living soul, / Engrav'd this mandate, 'to preserve their frame, And hold entire the gen'ral orb of being.'"

— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)