"Would thou wert not / Compos'd of grief and tenderness alone, / But had'st a spark of other passions in thee, / Pride, anger, vanity, the strong desire / Of admiration, dear to woman kind;/ These might contend with, and allay thy grief, / As meeting tides and currents smooth our firth."
Douglas: A Tragedy
At least 10 entries in ESTC (1757, 1764, 1768, 769, 1770, 1773, 1775).<br><br>
<u>Douglas: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden</u> (Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton, 1757). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T163010">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;