Date: 1737
"When the luxuriant Ardour of his Youth / Succeeding Years had tam'd to better Growth, / And seem'd to break the Body's Crust away, / To give th'expanded Mind more Room to play; / Which, in its Evening, open'd on the Sight / Surprizing Beams of full Meridian Light, / As thrifty of its Splendor it...
preview | full record— Hughes, Jabez (1685-1731)
Date: 1737
"Yet when my trembling Soul's dislodg'd, wou'd be / No Room of State within the Grave for me."
preview | full record— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Date: 1737
"Confounded with the Crowd of various Thoughts, / And stiff'ning with Amaze, the Hero stood, / In Silence deep."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Vain Wretch! Ambition fires his Breast, / Impetuous, dire, tormenting Guest!"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"I say, I see it was so evenly carried without Prejudice, (whether it were a true Accusation of the one part, or a Practice of a false Accusation on the other) as shewed plainly that his majesty's Judgment was tanquam tabula rasa, as a clean Pair of tables, and his Ear tanquam janua aperta, as a ...
preview | full record— Holles, John, Earl of Clare (ca. 1565-1637)
Date: 1737 (also 1738, 1743, reprinted 1754)
"Curst with such souls of base alloy, / As can possess, but not enjoy, / Debarr'd the pleasure to impart / By av'rice, sphincter of the heart, / Who wealth, hard earn'd by guilty cares, / Bequeath untouch'd to thankless heirs."
preview | full record— Green, Matthew (1696-1737)
Date: 1737 (also 1738, 1743, reprinted 1754)
"But, if dull fogs invade the head, / That mem'ry minds not what is read."
preview | full record— Green, Matthew (1696-1737)
Date: 1737 (also 1738, 1743, reprinted 1754)
"In rainy days keep double guard, / Or spleen will surely be too hard, / Which, like those fish by sailors met, / Flies highest, while its wings are wet."
preview | full record— Green, Matthew (1696-1737)
Date: 1737 (also 1738, 1743, reprinted 1754)
"Fain would he see some distant scene / Suggested by his restless spleen, / And fancy's telescope applies / With tinctur'd glass to cheat his eyes."
preview | full record— Green, Matthew (1696-1737)
Date: 1737 (also 1738, 1743, reprinted 1754)
"Here nymphs from hollow oaks relate / The dark decrees and will of fate, / And dreams beneath the spreading beach / Inspire, and docile fancy teach; / While, soft as breezy breath of wind, / Impulses rustle thro' the mind."
preview | full record— Green, Matthew (1696-1737)