Date: 1701
"Their brain's so cool, their passion seldom burns; / For all's condens'd before the flame returns; The fermentation's of so weak a matter, / The humid damps the fume, and runs it all to water."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: October, 1739
"Teach me to cool my passion's fires, / Make me the judge of my desires / The master of my heart."
preview | full record— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)