Date: 1810

"Though shields of gold protect their hearts of steel: / In rags, his best, his noblest friend, can see / If virtue warms his heart, and keeps him free."

— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)

Date: 1810

"And let thy rage, with fancied wrongs insane, / Steel every thought with Delia's proud disdain"

— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)

Date: 1810

"They form a picture, delicate of trait, / Soft as the scene now mirror'd in thy breast"

— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)

Date: 1813

"Oh pure in heart, I have touch'd and find thee true as gold without alloy"

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

Date: 1813

"Fear nothing, then, for on that side your heart lies, and steel will not cut steel; no sword can pierce it, impenetrable Diabolo"

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"But, in the Soul, still suffer some Alloy / To pinion Pride, and damp injurious Joy--"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"That confidential Pedagogue, divine, / Must store his Mind from Learning's golden Mine--"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

One may "Thro' all [of "Learning's golden mine"] puzzling labrynths to trace
The veins of Knowledge--Wit--Sense--Grammar--Grace."

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"The silver Virtues shining round the heart, / Pure Gold, when polish'd bright by heavenly Art--"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Thus piercing Spirits poise all weak Mankind / By sterling standard form'd in manag'd Mind"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)