Date: 1789
"Contrive me, Artisan, a Bowl / Of Silver ample as my Soul"
preview | full record— Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777)
Date: 1790
"'And these my sisters had not hearts of steel, / 'And might be griev'd at my delay"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"Is there a man whose iron heart is proof / Against such charms?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"'Who foils a Persian? Are they not all flint, / 'All steel and iron to the very heart?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"'The hero's heart is neither steel nor flint"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"For what heart, / Not made of steel, could look on such a scene, / Three armies deep and strong, with countless horse, / Chariots untold, innumerable foot"
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Date: 1791
"The generous Mind expanding into Joy, / While no mean Passion mixt its base Alloy;"
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: 1791
"Hail to each ancient sacred shade / Of those, who gave the Muses aid, / Skill'd verse mysterious to unfold, / And set each brilliant thought in gold."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1791
"Love did thy lion-heart with courage steel!"
preview | full record— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)
Date: 1791
"Bid the dark Furies all thy bosom steel, / And Cumberland afresh thine anger feel."
preview | full record— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)