Date: 1791
"Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who, while he was chill, was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison."
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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: 1791
"This is that incense of the heart / Whose fragrance smells to heaven."
preview | full record— Cotton, Nathaniel, the elder (1705-1788)
Date: 1791
The mind may be oppress'd with "weight of care"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
The mind may be rent as when two adverse winds vex and blow the sable flood
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
Gods are "swift as the traveller's thought"
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Date: 1791
"He spake, and at his words grief like a cloud / Involved the mind of Hector dark around"
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Date: 1791
The mind may feel "Terrour and consternation"
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