Date: 1804
A "soul-commanding chord" may be "The conqueror of grief, and joy's creative lord"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1806
"Go forth, ye glorious conquerors of the mind"
preview | full record— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Date: 1810
"Our heroine fear'd him not; it was her part, / To make sure conquest of such gentle heart"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1812
Something may reach one "of the social arts, / That soften manners, and that conquer hearts."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
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"
preview | full record— Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)
Date: 1814
"The mind which does not struggle against itself under one circumstance, would find objects to distract it in the other, I believe; and the influence of the place and of example may often rouse better feelings than are begun with."
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
An "Imparted Pow'r which conquers Pride, and Lust ... plants Content instead, and rapturous Trust!"
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)
Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
There was a time when " only miracles and signs, sublime, ... Could conquer Sinners' hearts"
preview | full record— 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."
preview | full record— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)