Date: 1748
"Such callous Hearts to no Impression yield, / All-guarded with Corruption's seven-fold Shield;"
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Date: 1748
"the Persian Bands / In fearful Wonder ask; What God unseen / Such Pow'r bestow'd, and steel'd a Woman's Heart"
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Date: 1748
"These be now my Cares, / To leave the Muse for Virtue [...] but chief my Soul to steel / With adamantine Honour"
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Date: 1760
"Sudden my verses take the rude alarm, / New-coin'd, and from the mint of fancy warm"
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Date: 1760
"There is a certain pleasing force that binds, / Faster than chains do slaves, two willing minds."
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