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Date: 1704
"As thro' the Artist's intervening Glass, / Our Eye observes the distant Planets pass; / A little we discover; but allow, / That more remains unseen, than Art can show: / So whilst our Mind it's Knowledge wou'd improve; / (It's feeble Eye intent on Things above) / High as We may, We lift our Rea...
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: w. c. 1709, 1711
"True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest, / What oft was Thought, but ne'er so well Exprest; / Something, whose Truth convinc'd at Sight we find, / That gives us back the Image of our Mind."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: w. 1703, 1712
"The clear, reflecting Mind, presents his Sin / In frightful Views, and makes it Day within."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
