Date: 1855

"Far from the springtide gale, and joyous day, / In the deep caverns of Despair ye lay"

— Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850)

Date: 1859

" Not all this world's gay hopes, nor present charms, / Nor parents tears, nor a fond husband's arms, / Could stamp the least impression on her mind, / Or fix to earth a soul for heav'n design'd."

— Skinner, Rev. John (1721-1807)

Date: April 1861

"My heart is like a rainbow shell / That paddles in a halcyon sea."

— Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894)

Date: 1865

"Lilac and star and bird, twined with the chant of my soul, / With the holders holding my hand, nearing the call of the bird, / There in the fragrant pines, and the cedars dusk and dim."

— Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

Date: 1868

"My heart resents Thy softening power, My heart is melting wax;"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

"My heart like wax before the fire / Dissolves; my life doth all expire / In agonizing groans!"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

" My heart within like wax doth melt, / And on Thy cross my nature bleeds."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

"And take possession of Thy own / And seal my heart for ever Thine."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

"And through Thy sacred blood applied / My soul shall feel its pardon seal'd"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1868

"Assure us of Thy constant care, / And on our hearts the answer seal."

— Wesley, John and Charles