Date: 1757

A "medal'd fact" or a "sculptur'd tale" may "On the reflecting mind prevail"

— Boyce, Samuel (d. 1775)

Date: 1757

"His thoughts as silver flow"

— Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

Date: 1746, 1757

"Yet tho' to human Sight invisible, / If She, whom I implore, Urania deign, / With Euphrasy to purge away the Mists / Which, humid, dim the Mirror of the Mind; / (As Venus gave Æneas to behold / The angry Gods with Flame o'erwhelming Troy, / Neptune and Pallas,) not in vain, I'll sing / The mysti...

— Thompson, William (bap. 1712, d.c. 1766)

Date: 1757

"Shall ev'ry blockhead think his mind, / Like yours, the mirrour of mankind?"

— Boyce, Samuel (d. 1775)

Date: 1757

"Not sure where found the noble mind: / From vulgar dross and dregs refin'd: / High polish'd--and obdure!"

— Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

Date: 1757

"But has not Hatred found a part, / Deep lodg'd the cavern of thy Heart, / Or started from thine eyes?"

— Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

Date: 1757

"The lamp of sense, that glows in ev'ry breast, / Nature illumes, that man may stand confest"

— Boyce, Samuel (d. 1775)

Date: 1757

"Oh, son of genius! Friend of art! / Garrick, thou monarch of the heart!"

— Boyce, Samuel (d. 1775)

Date: 1746, 1757

"If Pity be no Stranger to thy Breast, / (As sure it should not to a Breast like thine, / Soft as the Swanny Down!) relenting, hear"

— Thompson, William (bap. 1712, d.c. 1766)

Date: 1757

"Let heav'n-born Mercy ever fill thy Breast, / And Truth be there an ever constant Guest."

— Arnold, Cornelius (b. 1714, d. in or after 1758?)