Date: 1696
"I told you, Sir, I shou'd appear a Riddle to you: But if my Heart will give me leave, I'le now unloose your fetter'd Apprehension."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1778
"Why, my sweet one, you are all power, all a goddess; and you hold my heart enslaved in the chains of immortal love."
preview | full record— Robertson, James (fl.1768-1788)
Date: February 17, 1786
"The bonds of Hymen o'er my mind, / My constant soul must ever bind."
preview | full record— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)
Date: March 8, 1790
"Your pow'r my captive heart in chains shall bind, / Sweet as the graces of your face and mind."
preview | full record— Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823)