Date: 1730
"What dreadful havoc in the human breast / The passions make, when unconfin'd, and mad, / They burst, unguided by the mental eye, / The light of reason; which in various ways / Points them to good, or turns them back from ill."
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Date: 1745
"Bear Witness, Heaven! Thou Mind-inspecting Eye! / My Breast is pure."
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