Quote#World
Hence, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence!
Quote bySamuel Rogers · 1763–1855
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ode to Superstition (1786), I.1. l. 1-4.
English (original)
Hence, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence! Thy chain of adamant can bind That little world, the human mind, And sink its noblest powers to impotence.
— Samuel Rogers
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True as the echo to the sound.
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