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Work title:
"The Progress of Refinement. A Poem. In Three Parts [from Poems on Various Subjects]"
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Date: 1787
"May Europe's race the generous toil pursue, / And Truth's broad mirror spread to every view; / Awake to Reason's voice the savage mind, / Check Error's force, and civilize mankind."
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1787
"But does not Reason's faithful mirror she / The future prospect of distress and woe,/ And point what dangers modern softness wait / In the sad tale of Rome's declining state?"
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
