Date: 1667

"And yet those Souls, when first they met, / Lookt out at windows through the Eyes."

— Philips [née Fowler], Katherine (1632-1664)

Date: 1741

A charmer may gain "a mental Empire" "And still a Queen thro' every bosom reign"

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Date: 1741

"Unknown, unfriended to the regal Bed; / For in the secret Closet of her Breast, / Constantia her imperial Birth suppress'd"

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Date: 1772

"A Line, or two, / If writ by you, / Will more Impression make / Upon her Heart, / Than all that I can do."

— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)

Date: 1772

"'There oft, with fond, maternal Love, / 'She visits whom the Nine approve; / 'Beam'd from the Mind's interior Powers"

— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)

Date: 1789?

"Pale Fear, and all her haggard train, / That generate and nurture pain, / And each unwelcome mental guest, / Lay dormant in the human breast."

— Williams, John [pseud. Anthony Pasquin] (1754-1818)

Date: 1789

"'Tis [the letter of the law] the birdlime of reason to fasten our senses."

— Williams, John [pseud. Anthony Pasquin] (1754-1818)