Date: w. c. 1800, 1805
"These sudden eruptions of the passions of the multitude, spread, like the lava of a volcano, throughout all France, nor could men of correct judgment, who aimed only at reform of abuses, and a renovation in all the departments, check the fury of the torrent."
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Date: 1890
"I've known her from an ample nation / Choose one; / Then close the valves of her attention / Like stone."
preview | full record— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
Date: 1892
"Least village boasts its blacksmith, / Whose anvil's even din / Stands symbol for the finer forge / That soundless tugs within, // Refining these impatient ores / With hammer and with blaze, / Until the designated light / Repudiate the forge."
preview | full record— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)