Date: 1787
"Wisdom unseals charm'd Reason's drowsy eyes."
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1787
"May Europe's race the generous toil pursue, / And Truth's broad mirror spread to every view; / Awake to Reason's voice the savage mind, / Check Error's force, and civilize mankind."
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1789
"'Is there a Man, who, wealthy to no end, / 'Ne'er knew the common wish to be a Friend, / 'Whose callous Heart's to all Compassion steel'd?"
preview | full record— Combe, William (1742 -1823)