Date: 1812

Something may reach one "of the social arts, / That soften manners, and that conquer hearts."

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1814

The heart may be a captive

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1814

"There is a war, a chaos of the mind, / When all its elements convulsed, combined / Lie dark and jarring with perturbéd force, / And gnashing with impenitent Remorse"

— Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

An "Imparted Pow'r which conquers Pride, and Lust ... plants Content instead, and rapturous Trust!"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

There was a time when " only miracles and signs, sublime, ... Could conquer Sinners' hearts"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Pride, panting, still, for some superior sway-- / Lust, prowling, like a savage Beast, for prey-- / Dark Passions, propagating feuds, and strife, / Lay waste, or swallow up, the sweets of Life."

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

Date: 1816

A woman's conquest of a man's heart may be complete

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1817

"She now learn'd those mysterious arts / Which Fashion plies to conquer hearts"

— Combe, William (1742 -1823)

Date: 1819

The "war within, these passions in their strife, / If thus protracted, had exhausted life"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

Date: 1819

"'Alas! how soon would doubts again invade / 'The willing mind, and sins again persuade!"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)