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Date: 1744
"Reason is man's peculiar; Sense, the brute's. / The Present is the scanty realm of Sense; / The Future, Reason's empire unconfined."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1744
"That tyrant, Hope, mark how she domineers: / She bids us quit realities for dreams; / Safety and peace, for hazard and alarm: / That tyrant o'er the tyrants of the soul."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: June, 1756
"But soul-rejoicing health again returns, / The blood meanders gentle in each vein, / The lamp of life renew'd with vigour burns, / And exil'd reason takes her seat again-- / Brisk leaps the heart, the mind's at large once more, / To love, to praise, to bless, to wonder and adore."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
