“Expression, child of soul! I fondly trace
Thy strong enchantment, when the poet's lyre,
The painter's pencil cathch thy sacred fire,
And beauty wakes for thee her touching grace”

—  Helen Maria Williams

From 'Sonnet - to Expression', Poems 1786, kindle ebook ASIN B00849523Q

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