Date: 1788

Lovers are governed by Cupid and must obey the "laws of a monarch, whose throne is the heart"

— Cobb, James (1756-1818)

Date: 1789, 1797

"Still in this breast shall dearest Emma reign, / Nor e'er my will your virgin choice shall sway."

— Berkeley, George Monck (1763-1793)

Date: March 8, 1790

"Love does all day the soul's great empire keep; / But Wine, at night, lulls the soft God asleep."

— Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823)

Date: 1798

The heart of another may be one's judge

— Porter, Stephen (1781-1868); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Date: 1805

"And, indeed, so long as chivalry lasted, the minstrels were protected and caressed, because their music tended to do honour to the ruling passion of the times, and to encourage and foment a martial spirit."

— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)

Date: 1823

"[I]n the virtuous heart is fix'd [Love's] lasting throne"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1823

"On either side, and all around, engrav'd / Were mystic symbols seen of free-born hearts enslav'd"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)