Date: 1789
"A different store his richer freight imparts-- / The gem of virtue, and the gold of hearts; / The social sense, the feelings of mankind, / And the large treasure of a godlike mind!"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: 1790
"In the deep caverns of Despair ye lay: / She, iron-hearted mother, never pressed / Your wasted forms with transport to her breast."
preview | full record— Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850)
Date: 1790
"'And these my sisters had not hearts of steel, / 'And might be griev'd at my delay"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"Yet ruthless Rulers! hearts of stone and steel!"
preview | full record— Merry, Robert (1755-1798)
Date: 1790
The Furies "Steel her [Envy's] heart to pity's tear."
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: 1790
"Is there a man whose iron heart is proof / Against such charms?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"'Who foils a Persian? Are they not all flint, / 'All steel and iron to the very heart?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"'The hero's heart is neither steel nor flint"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"For what heart, / Not made of steel, could look on such a scene, / Three armies deep and strong, with countless horse, / Chariots untold, innumerable foot"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1791
"In the rich realms of polished taste, / Where judgment penetrates to find / The treasures of the unwrought mind, / Where conversation's ardent spirit / Refines from dross the ore of merit, / Where emulation aids the flame / And stamps the sterling bust of fame."
preview | full record— West, Jane (1758-1852)