Samuel Taylor Coleridge

...Finally, what is Reason ?

You have often asked me ;

and this is my answer :-

- Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt God and thee,

Sublimates to a pure transparency,

That intercepts no light and adds no stain-

- There Reason is, and then begins her reign !

But alas ! -

-`tu stesso, ti fai grosso Col falso immaginar,

sì che non vedi Ciò che vedresti, se l'avessi scosso.

[You yourself blind yourself With delusion's dream,

so you do not see What you'd see if you had shaken it off.]