Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.
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Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
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Nor second he, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of ecstasy, The secrets of th’abyss to spy. He passed the flaming bounds of place and time: The living throne, the sapphire-blaze, Where angels tremble, while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
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Birth: | 26th December, 1716 |
Death: | 30th July, 1771 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Historian, Poet, Professor, Scholar, Writer |
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