Date: 1816

"[T]o conceal, / With a proud caution, love, or hate, or aught,-- / Passion or feeling, purpose, grief, or zeal,-- / Which is the tyrant Spirit of our thought, / Is a stern task of soul."

— Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)

Date: 1817

"Lust is the master passion."

— Gifford, William (1756-1826)

Date: 1817

"And, as the Mistress of the Soul, / Let mild Religion crown the whole."

— Combe, William (1742 -1823)

Date: 1817

"But think not in your jovial hours, / When Riot rules and Reason lours, / That time is actively employ'd."

— Combe, William (1742 -1823)

Date: 1817

"When Reason doth regain its throne, / And the mind dares its follies own."

— Combe, William (1742 -1823)

Date: 1818

"His heart leapt up as to its rightful throne"

— Keats, John (1795-1821)

Date: 1818

The faithful bless the Lord's "empire o'er the willing soul"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1818

"Such mirror is the human mind, / When calm composure gilds our day; / And such, alas! the change we find, / When ruffling passions mark their sway."

— Park, Thomas (1759-1834)

Date: 1819

The master-passion is not always obeyed

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1819

Reason may "re-ascend her throne" after a burst of "salutary tears"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)