One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.

Thomas Osbert Mordaunt

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Topic

Glory

Author

Thomas Osbert Mordaunt

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mordaunt, Thomas Osbert. "A Poem, said to be written by Major Mordaunt during the last German War. Never before published." The Bee, 12 Oct. 1791.

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Love to faults is always blind,
Always is to joy inclin'd,
Lawless, wing'd, and unconfin'd,
And breaks all chains from every mind.

William Blake

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Topic
Power of love Being in love Love

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Love to faults is always blind." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.