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Date: 1726, 1753

"Excited, thus, the smother'd fire, at length, / Bursts into blaze, and burns, with open strength: / That image, which, before, but sooth'd the mind, / Now lords it there, and rages, unconfined"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1741, 1753

"Tho' smiles, and tears, obey thy moving skill, / And passion's ruffled empire waits thy will?"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1743

"To lift my Vot'ries, in this partial Age, /Pleas'd without Pomp, self-conscious, and alone, / Nor rais'd, thus light, on Fancy's airy Throne"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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