“The immortal mind, superior to his fate, amid the outrage of external things, firm as the solid base of this great world, rests on his own foundation. Blow, ye winds! Ye waves! ye thunders! roll your tempests on! Shake, ye old pillars of the marble sky! Till at its orbs and all its worlds of fire be loosen'd from their seats; yet still serene, the unconquer'd mind looks down upon the wreck; and ever stronger as the storms advance, firm through the closing ruin holds is way, when nature calls him to the destin'd goal.” WorldWayMindLooksStillsGoalFireFateSkyWindStrongerFoundationWaveBlowStormSuperiorsRuinsFirmSeatsShakesImmortalThunderClosingWrecksMarbleOutragePillarsSereneTempestOrbs Author:Mark Akenside
“Different minds incline to different objects; one pursues the vast alone, the wonderful, the wild; another sighs for harmony and grace, and gentlest beauty.” MindDifferentGraceWonderfulObjectsHarmonyPursueSighInclineDifferent Minds Book:The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three Books Source: The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three Books
“SCIENCE! thou fair effusive ray From the great source of mental Day, Free, generous, and refin'd! Descend with all thy treasures fraught, Illumine each bewilder'd thought, And bless my labour'g mind.” MindScienceSourceFairsAccountsTreasureGenerousLabourBlessRays Author:Mark Akenside
