Date: 1720

"His Fancy still awake; the roving Guest / Usurps the Throne of Reason in his Breast: / Forms great Ideas, and religious Schemes, / A busy mime, and floats in golden Dreams."

— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

Date: 1720

"For wary Clerks learn all these Arts / To gain Esteem, and conquer Hearts."

— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

Date: 1723

"How does this Tyrant lord it in thy Mind? / What Symptoms of his Empire do'st thou find?"

— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

Date: 1723

"For, trust me, Love (that Inmate of the Mind) / Is very much mistaken by Mankind / For which too often is misunderstood / The sudden Rage and Madness of the Blood."

— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

Date: 1723

"Does thy Soul sicken, while thy Body's sound?"

— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

Date: 1723

"Does in thy Thought some blooming Beauty reign, / Whose strong Idea mingles Joy with Pain?"

— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)