Date: 1822

"But to proceed, the mind's keen eye / Of Squeezing Jack, thought he could spy / In our Quæ Genus that quick sense, / Which might reward his confidence"

— Combe, William (1742 -1823)

Date: 1823

"[I]n the virtuous heart is fix'd [Love's] lasting throne"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1823

The prize of conquered hearts may repay pain

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1823

"On either side, and all around, engrav'd / Were mystic symbols seen of free-born hearts enslav'd"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1823

A sublime power rules the will "And stamps His precepts on the conscious breast"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1823

The "venom'd shafts" of Cupid "empoison mortal joy," "Drawing from heav'n the soul of man to earth, / With foul alloy debasing purest treasure."

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)