Date: 1796

"She was then too young to regret the pleasures of which her profession deprived her: but no sooner did her warm and voluptuous character begin to be developed, than she abandoned herself freely to the impulse of her passions, and seized the first opportunity to procure their gratification."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"I suffered not my grief at this circumstance to take root in my mind."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Then banish from your mind the idea of our being ever united."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Wouldst thou again with amorous rage
Inflame my bosom? Steeled by age, Vain boy, to pierce my breast thine arrows are too weak."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"I have not yet forgot the pains / I felt, while bound in Julia's chains: / The ardent flames with which my bosom burned; / The nights I passed deprived of rest; / The jealous pangs which racked my breast; / My disappointed hopes, and passion unreturned."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"His bosom glows with amorous fire."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"I have read the emotions of your bosom; you are yet ill skilled in concealing them, and they could not escape my attentive eye."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"This Lorenzo is dangerous to your repose; he has already made an impression upon your heart."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Your heart is tender and susceptible: it has already received a strong impression; but when once convinced that you should not encourage such sentiments, I trust that you have sufficient fortitude to drive them from your bosom."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"He wrote these verses on his voyage to Cuba, when his mind was clouded by sorrow, and he forgot that he had a wife and children."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)