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"Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen: A poem in two parts. By Mrs Grant, of Laggan"
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Date: 1814
The Muse may "wave the gloomy Sceptic's ebon wand" and bound "our cloudy view with endless night; / Like Polyphemus with destructive might, / Revenging thus thy loss of mental sight"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1814
Patriots of old saw "In the fair mirror of each mighty mind / Each other's worth and talent"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1814
"The Critic, too, with wit and taste refined, / Holds up the mirror that reflects the mind;"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1814
"[T]he soul's image to the view is brought / In the calm mirror of unruffled thought"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
