Date: 1801
"For ever on my soul engraved / His glowing cheek, his manly mien."
preview | full record— Sawyer, Ann (fl. 1794-1801)
Date: 1806
"Tho' party-zeal inflam'd his iron heart, / And prejudice sharp pointed ev'ry dart; / With glowing thoughts, his mind profusely teem'd."
preview | full record— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Date: 1815
The wavering motions of the mind are like "quivering light" reflected off a confined "crystal flood" in a brass cistern
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: August 15, 1822
A king may "over three nations .. happily reign, / And establish his throne in their hearts"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1822
"That he may stray league after league some great birthplace to find / And keep his vision clear from speck, his inward sight unblind. "
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821)
Date: 1825
The "white page of innocence and youth" may be tinted.
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)