Date: First performed February 17, 1720.
"My vital Flame / There, like a Taper on the holy Altar, / Shall waste away; till Heav'n relenting hear / Incessant Pray'rs for thee and for my self, / And wing my Soul to meet with thine in Bliss."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1722
"Now boiling high / With Injuries;--with Outrages!--that burn, / That set the very suffering Soul on Fire!"
preview | full record— Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)