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Date: 1788
"So have I heard / The captive finch, in narrow cage confin'd, / Charm all his woe away with cheerful song, / Which might have melted e'en a heart of steel / To give him liberty"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1790
"Is there a man whose iron heart is proof / Against such charms?"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1800
"Steel were the heart / That could this passing spectacle survey, / Nor feel the touch of sympathy within."
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1842
"Small cause of triumph can the bravest feel, / For never yet were brave hearts made of steel."
preview | full record— Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794)
