Date: 1770
"Not greater wonder seiz'd th' abode / Of gloomy Dis, infernal god, / With pity when th' Orphean lyre / Did every iron heart inspire, / Sooth'd tortur'd ghosts with heavenly strains, / And respited eternal pains."
preview | full record— Dalton, John (b. 1709, d. 1763)
Date: 1791
"The generous Mind expanding into Joy, / While no mean Passion mixt its base Alloy;"
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: 1804
"The daring imp has learn'd to stand his ground; / Well steel'd his heart, and bronz'd his face"
preview | full record— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)