Date: w. 1769, 1784

Religion "'Tis fancy all, distempers of the mind / As Education taught us, we're inclined."

— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

Date: w. 1769, 1784

"Happy (if Mortals can be) is the Man, / Who, not by Priest but Reason, rules his span:"

— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

Date: 1784

Cupid is "Ever gaining conquered hearts" by using Miss Hoyland's beauty as a bow

— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

Date: 1787

"The shield, an emblem of thy soul, displays / Truth, equity and wisdom, hand in hand."

— Glover, Richard (1712-1785)

Date: 1789

"Deceiving gold was once my only toy, / With it my soul within the coffer lay"

— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

Date: 1789, 1792

"The tops of these scarce veil'd the roots of those; / A winding court where wandering fancy walk'd / And to herself responsive Echo talk'd."

— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)

Date: 1789

"A different store his richer freight imparts-- / The gem of virtue, and the gold of hearts; / The social sense, the feelings of mankind, / And the large treasure of a godlike mind!"

— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)

Date: 1792

"Unknown, unfriended, to the Regal Bed: / For in the secret closet of her breast, / Constantia her imperial birth supprest"

— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)

Date: 1792

One can "wage war" on his own heart and "conquer it, or perish"

— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)

Date: 1792

When human feelings may inspire the breast so that the "Mint of Nature" glows, "Virtue strikes her image on the mind"

— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)