Date: 1741
"He blinds the Wise, gives Eye-sight to the Blind; / And moulds and stamps anew the Lover's Mind"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"Whether from mutual Passion springs the Flame, / Or Minds congenial stamp the vital Seeds"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1745
"Drink early then, my Friend, at Reason's Bowl, / And fill with wholesome Draughts thy youthful Soul. / If Wine or Gall the Recent Vessel stains, / Each Scent alike the faithful Cask retains."
preview | full record— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)
Date: 1752
Pleasure is "the secret Spring that actuates man"
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]
Date: 1757-9
"But Virtue Minds of nobler Stamp invites / To her sincere and more refin'd Delights."
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]
Date: 1757-9
"In harden'd Oak his Heart did hide, / And Ribs of Iron arm'd his Side!"
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]
Date: 1759
Woes may haunt the mind (but the Gods may give "cruel Phantoms to the Wind"
preview | full record— Grainger, James (1721-1766)
Date: 1765
"And my heart, within me burning, / Is become like melting wax."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1775
"How like a wanton lamb that careless play'd, / The shepherd and the fold forgotten quite, / My vagrant soul, in search of vain delight, / Many long years from her true Shepherd stray'd!"
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Date: 1776
Oblivion may throw "Her dark blank shades" o'er your mind
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)