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"The Tragedy of Sophonisba"
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Date: 1730
"What dreadful havoc in the human breast / The passions make, when unconfin'd, and mad, / They burst, unguided by the mental eye, / The light of reason; which in various ways / Points them to good, or turns them back from ill."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1730
"O save me from the tumult of the soul! / From the wild beasts within!"
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1730
"See there the ruins of the noble mind, / When from calm reason passion tears the sway."
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