Date: 1667; 2nd ed. in 1674
"The animal spirits, that from pure blood arise / Like gentle breaths from rivers pure, thence raise / At least distempered, discontented thoughts, / Vain hopes, vain aims, inordinate desires, / Blown up with high conceits ingendering pride."
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Date: 1667; 2nd ed. in 1674
"Mine eyes he closed, but open left the cell / Of fancy, my internal sight"
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Date: 1667; 2nd ed. in 1674
"So from the root / Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves / More aerie, last the bright consummate floure / Spirits odorous breathes: flours and thir fruit / Mans nourishment, by gradual scale sublim'd / To vital Spirits aspire, to animal, / To intellectual, give both life and s...
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Date: 1671
"But he though blind of sight, / Despis'd and thought extinguish't quite, / With inward eyes illuminated / His fierie vertue rouz'd / From under ashes into sudden flame"
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Date: 1755
"What Heart of Steel shall dare t'oppose / And league among his hard'ned Foes?"
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Date: 1755
"'In glad Submission bow ye down, / ' Nor steel that stubborn Heart."
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Date: 1757
"Another tells how "melts his heart, 'Like wax'"
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Date: 1757
"Not sure where found the noble mind: / From vulgar dross and dregs refin'd: / High polish'd--and obdure!"
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Date: 1757
"But has not Hatred found a part, / Deep lodg'd the cavern of thy Heart, / Or started from thine eyes?"
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