Date: 1790, 1794, 1795, 1818, 1827
"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, & breeds reptiles of the mind."
preview | full record— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Date: 1791
"In his soul was the serpent coil'd round in his heart, hid from the light, as in a cleft rock"
preview | full record— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Date: October 4, 1802
"Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind, / Reality's dark dream! / I turn from you, and listen to the wind, / Which long has raved unnoticed."
preview | full record— Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)