Date: 1823
"'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, / Should let itself be snuffed out by an Article."
preview | full record— Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)
Date: 1837
"As these white robes are soil'd and dark, / To yonder shining ground; / As this pale taper's earthly spark, / To yonder argent round; / So shows my soul before the Lamb, / My spirit before Thee; / So in mine earthly house I am, / To that I hope to be."
preview | full record— Tennyson, Alfred, first Baron Tennyson (1809–1892)