Date: 1733
The "fond Breast" may be populated by "jealous Demons"
preview | full record— Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley [née Lady Mary Pierrepont] (1689-1762)
Date: 1733
"[S]prightly Wit, that all admire," may be "an unlicens'd lawless Fire"
preview | full record— Chandler, Mary (1687-1745)
Date: 1735
"'Twere endless to describe the various Darts, / With which the Fair are arm'd to conquer Heart"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Come, gentle Sleep, my Eye-lids close, / These dull Impressions help me lose:"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Such was the Turn of thy exalted Mind, / Sparkling as polish'd Gems, as purest Gold refin'd."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Hope may some boundless Future Bliss embrace, / But What, or When, or How, or Where, / Are Mazes all, which Fancy runs in vain"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Nor can the narrow Cells of human Brain / The vast immeasurable Thought contain"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"As if thy thrifty Soul foreknew, / Like a wise Envoy, Heav'n's Intent / Soon to recall whom it had sent, / And all its Task resolv'd at once to do."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Her lovely Mind shines chearful thro' her Face, / A sacred Lamp in a fair Crystal Case."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)