Date: 1734

"What worlds of worth lay crowded in that breast!"

— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

Date: 1787

"And life's first moment stamp'd my soul immortal."

— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)

Date: 1804

"Though with only one eye, yet a spark from that same, / Like a big brimstone match kindles up such a flame, / As to make my blood boil, while it causes a smart / Like the lamp of a teakettle under my heart."

— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)

Date: 1804

"And my breast, like a mutton-chop, broiling"

— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)

Date: 1999

"Who will mourn the passing of my heart? / Will its little droppings climb the pop chart?"

— Stephin Merritt (b. February 9, 1965)