Date: w. 1821, 1840
Poetry "reproduces the common universe of which we are portions and percipients, and it purges from our inward sight the film of familiarity which obscures from us the wonder of our being."
preview | full record— Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Date: 1840-1
"Proud were my soul, to see its humble thought / On painting's mirror so divinely caught;"
preview | full record— Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)