Date: 1790, 1794, 1795, 1818, 1827
"Thus men forgot that All deities reside in the human breast."
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Date: 1790, 1794, 1795, 1818, 1827
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite."
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Date: 1790, 1794, 1795, 1818, 1827
"For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern."
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Date: 1790, 1794, 1795, 1818, 1827
"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, & breeds reptiles of the mind."
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Date: 1790
The Furies "Steel her [Envy's] heart to pity's tear."
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Date: 1790
"Her sickly mind / Was ill at ease, though seated on the throne / of affluence and plenty."
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Date: 1790
"With a soldier's care / He plan'd the conquest of Ophelia's heart/ and won it"
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Date: 1790
"Is there a man whose iron heart is proof / Against such charms?"
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Date: 1790
'While we converse together, and I feel / 'Secret correction from the bolt of truth / 'Shot home, my better soul in triumph rides, / Borne on the wings of reason to her throne."
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Date: 1790
One may have two souls "which, like two mighty Kings, / 'Ever contending for the sov'reignty, / 'Stir up sedition and revolt within"
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