Date: 1770
"Destructive eyes, false mirrors of the heart! / I, to my sorrow know the lies you've told me."
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Date: 1815
The wavering motions of the mind are like "quivering light" reflected off a confined "crystal flood" in a brass cistern
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)