Date: 1790
"Yet what infuses his mind unstain'd and pure? / Nurtur'd in venal, sycophantic schools-- / Eras'd each sterling virtue of the soul-- / Debas'd--new coin'd in flattery's servile mint, / He may become a pander to a prince."
preview | full record— Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)
Date: 1906
"Thy mind is like a mirror swung in space,/And whirling on a thread."
preview | full record— Troubetzkoy, Amélie Rives [Princess Troubetzkoy] (1863–1945)