Date: 1706
Honour may reign in the breast of "Gracious Anna"
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1706
"Ah, my Life's dear Guardian, methinks now you are here, my Heart has Warmth again, and active Motion which, lately like a worn-out Clock, had none."
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Date: 1713
"These purer thoughts, from gross alloys refined, / With heavenly raptures elevate the mind."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1713
"The hero's presence deep impression makes; / The scenes his soul and body re-unite / Furnish a voice, produce him to the sight."
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Date: 1714, 1787
A king may seek "no Empire but in English hearts"
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Date: 1717
Beauty is not free from imposture: "Our shining Picts with borrow'd lustre reign, / And o'er our hearts felonious conquests gain"
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Date: April 18, 1721
"I lov'd fair Leonora long before / The Chance of Battel gave me to the Moors, / From whom so late Alonzo set me Free; / And while I groan'd in Bondage, I deputed / This Great Alonzo, whom her Father honours, / To be my gentle Advocate in Love, / To stir her Heart, and fan its Fires for me."
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Date: April 18, 1721
"Must I despair then? Do not shake me thus: / My Tempest-beaten Heart is cold to Death."
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Date: April 18, 1721
"Each other Passion's calm / To thee, thou Conflagration of the Soul"
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Date: April 18, 1721
"Alvarez has a Heart of Steel."
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