Date: 1762
"[M]ake this dear-bought soul of mine / A monument of grace Divine"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1763-4
A sudden slumber gently seal'd my eyes, / And wrapt my wearied limbs in soft repose; / Excursive Fancy wing'd her agile flight / Thro' the aerial mansions of the world; / Instant appear'd, portray'd upon my mind, / The fair Urania, clad in candid robe; / And bright around
preview | full record— Mr. P--y (fl. 1763)
Date: 1766
"Ev'n this my friend, its well known image here / Remains engraven by the hand of love: / My beating heart confirms it for the same."
preview | full record— Williams, Anna (1708-1783)
Date: 1767, 1784
"Shall we, because we strive in vain to tell / How Matter acts on incorporeal Mind, / Or how, when sleep has lock'd up ev'ry sense, / Or fevers rage, Imagination paints / Unreal scenes, reject what sober sense, / And calmest thought attest?"
preview | full record— Jago, Richard (1715-1781)
Date: 1770
"Imagination fondly stoops to trace / The parlour splendours of that festive place."
preview | full record— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)
Date: 1771
"Great Nature! workmanship divine, / What human thought can trace thy line!"
preview | full record— Colvill, Robert (d. 1788)
Date: 1755, 1771
"For this, fair hope leads on the' impassion'd soul / Through life's wild labyrinths to her distant goal; / Paints in each dream, to fan the genial flame, / The pomp of riches, and the pride of fame, / Or fondly gives reflection's cooler eye / A glance, an image, of a future sky."
preview | full record— Cawthorn, James (1719-1761)
Date: 1755, 1771
"Passions, like colours, have their strength and ease, / Those too insipid, and too gaudy these."
preview | full record— Cawthorn, James (1719-1761)
Date: 1755, 1771
"Contrast them, curb them, spread them, or confine, / Ennoble these, and those forbid to shine; / With cooler shades ambition's fire allay, / And mildly melt the pomp of pride away; / Her rainbow robe from vanity remove, / Each pulse congenial with the' informing mind, / Each action station'd in ...
preview | full record— Cawthorn, James (1719-1761)
Date: 1773
"Oh! my heart sinks, my dying eyes o'erflow, / When mem'ry paints the picture of their woe!"
preview | full record— Day, Thomas (1748-1789)