“If aught can teach us aught, Affliction's looks, Making us pry into ourselves so, near, Teach us to know ourselves, beyond all books, Or all the learned schools that ever were.” IfsKnowsLooksBookSchoolTeachAffliction Book:The Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces Source: The Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces
“Much like a subtle spider which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide; If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side.” IfsFeelsSidesMiddleGardenWideSubtleThreadSpiders Book:The Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces Source: The Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces