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: 1794
"Forgetfulness, dumbness, necessity! / In chains of the mind locked up, / Like fetters of ice shrinking together."
preview | full record— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Date: 1796
"Thus Books are intellectual Aliment drest / For every appetite of every guest."
preview | full record— Bishop, Samuel (1731-1795)
Date: w. October, 1796; 1810
"Conscious the mortal stamp is on thy breast."
preview | full record— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)
Date: 1801
A strenuous mind may have "master passions" that may be bred by nature or nurtured by indulgence
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1801
The heart may bear a "fair image"
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Date: 1801
A cloud may darkly over one's fancy play
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Date: 1801
Doubts and fears may "Contend for empire and distract the mind"
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Date: 1801
One may fix his empire "o'er the soul of man"
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1801
Subtlety may steal "insidious empire o'er [the] weaken'd heart"
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)