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: December, 1763; 1774
"Thus his own eyes the Bigot blinds, / To shut out light from human minds."
preview | full record— Lloyd, Robert (bap. 1733, d. 1764)