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Date: 1761, 1790

If the mind is corporeal it must be composed of infinite parts: "Which then can claim dominion o'er the rest, / Or stamp the ruling passion in the breast"

— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787); Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1706-1760)

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Date: 1761, 1790

"This then's the first great law by Nature giv'n, / Stamp'd on our souls, and ratify'd by Heav'n"

— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787); Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1706-1760)

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Date: 1762

"Engraven on my heart and mind, / O that I could Thy precepts find"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Lord, with Thy love's acutest dart / Engrave Thy name upon my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Engrave her doom upon my heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"Engraven on my heart and mind, / O that I could Thy precepts find, / Begotten from above"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"His Spirit send into our hearts, / Engraving on our inward parts / The living law of holiest love"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

" I wait the reconciling kiss, / Which seals in purity and peace / My pardon on my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

" Peace by the Spirit's signet seal'd / On every faithful heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1762

"With patience they the fire endure, / And thus express the Spirit's seal, / And witness thus, their hearts are pure."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.