Date: 1741
"The very Greek Heathens by the Light of Reason were taught to say, [GREEK CHARACTERS], and the Latins, A Jove principium, Musae."
preview | full record— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Date: 1763, 1765; 1766
"Powers that should spread in Reason's orient ray, / How are they darken'd, and debarr'd the day!"
preview | full record— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
Date: 1850
"An auxiliar light / Came from my mind, which on the setting sun / Bestowed new splendour"
preview | full record— Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)
Date: 1992
"But his mind was eclipsed by the shadow of his father's presence."
preview | full record— Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)