Date: 1757-9

Neither reason nor advice can rule love

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

Peace and war alternately succeed in the lover

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

Caprice veers like the Winds

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"[N]o Sentence so severe / As this, my Mind, much less my Paper, stains"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"But Virtue Minds of nobler Stamp invites / To her sincere and more refin'd Delights."

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"His Colour chang'd, and hung his Head, / As if some Thief had lately stole / His Gold; his other better Soul--"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"In harden'd Oak his Heart did hide, / And Ribs of Iron arm'd his Side!"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast."

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"He gapes to catch the Droppings of my Lord; / And tickled to the Soul at every Joke, / Like a press'd Watch repeats what t'other spoke: / Echo to Nonsense! such a Scene to hear!"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1757-9

"To Gold yields Silver, and to Virtue Gold, / If Reason's Hand th'impartial Balance hold."

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]