Date: 1825
"Thus, when the fervid Passions cool, / And Judgement, late, begins to rule; / When Reason mounts her throne serene, / And social Friendship gilds the scene; / When man, of ripened powers possest, / Broods o'er the treasures of his breast; / Exults, in conscious worth elate, / Lord of himself--al...
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1833
"It was the coinage of the aged brain, / When sadness and the sense of loneliness / Oppress the weary heart!"
preview | full record— Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850)