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."
preview | full record— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Date: 1823
"[I]n the virtuous heart is fix'd [Love's] lasting throne"
preview | full record— 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"
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)