"Better the Mind no Notions had retain'd, / But still a fair Unwritten Blank remain'd;  / For now, who Truth from Falshood wou'd discern; / must first disrobe the Mind, and all Unlearn."
Reason: A Poem
At least 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1700, 1720, 1726, 1735, 1746, 1758, 1773, 1779, 1794).<br>
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John Pomfret, <u>Reason: A Poem</u> (London: J. Nutt, 1700). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:12276717">Link to EEBO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=C4oKQwAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Poem originally discovered searching in HDIS (Poetry): see <u>Poems upon Several Occasions. By the Reverend Mr. John Pomfret. The Sixth Edition, Corrected. With some Account Of his Life and Writings. To which are added, His Remains</u> (London: Printed for D. Brown, J. Walthoe, A. Bettesworth, and E. Taylor, and J. Hooke [etc.], 1724). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=e4QUAAAAQAAJ">Link to 8th edition in Google Books</a>&gt;