Date: 1715-1720
"Vain Dreams of Conquest" may swell the haughty Mind
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1715-1720
" The haughtiest Hearts at length their Rage resign, / And Gifts can conquer ev'ry Soul but thine."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1737
"Regard thy Powers, O Man! nor heed thy Size: / In piercing Reason thy Advantage lies; / Reason that conquers all, and rules the Skies."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Alas! by diff'rent Passions I'm oppress'd! / Fierce Love and Hate contend within my Breast."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Hence Wrath and Rage their ready Minds invade, / And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1741-2
A "wounded conscience" may throb beneath a star, and shake one's "fabric with intestine war"
preview | full record— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Date: 1757-9
Peace and war alternately succeed in the lover
preview | full record— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]
Date: 1763
"Nor hope the Conquest of that stubborn Heart"
preview | full record— Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)