Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
Ideas must circulate "Or all their broods, prohibited, to hide, / Become abortive, or, if born, destroy'd;"
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"Cloistered" ideas are "Like undrawn swords, in scabbards, cankering, lie,
While useless edge, and point, and polish, fly"
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
Ideas are "like the silent Snows, by Winter spread, / In silvery treasures, o'er the mountain's head; / Whose stores, while undisturb'd, each hour decay, / And hue, form, substance, quickly waste away; / But stirr'd, by winds, like words, with action strong, /Each sphere enlarges as it rolls alon...
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"Thoughts, like Churl's corn, in chamber'd stores entomb'd, / Devour'd by vermin, or, decay, consum'd; / Whose fruits might food, or opulence, afford; / Enrich the Rich, or bless the poor Man's board."
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"Could, with one thought, most beauteous castles build, / With tasteful furniture, all, instant, fill'd, / But could not monies coin, or form firm land / To make fond Fancy's mimic turrets stand!"
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"But, in the Soul, still suffer some Alloy / To pinion Pride, and damp injurious Joy--"
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"And when such Souls with pure impressions glow, / Love's labour's alway sweet, and seldom slow."
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"His Mother, like the smooth reflecting stream, / Show'd every shadowy cloud; or glowing gleam-- ... Letting her tranquil bosom humbly lie, / To catch impressions from the purer sky!
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"To cherish Grace, and twine the golden chain, / Uniting Minds, and making one of twain."
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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896
"That confidential Pedagogue, divine, / Must store his Mind from Learning's golden Mine--"
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