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Date: 1791

"He spake, and at his words grief like a cloud / Involved the mind of Hector dark around"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

One may have a "milky mind"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

The mind may feel "Terrour and consternation"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

One may bear a "milky mind"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

"I have a mind more equal, not of steel / My heart is form'd, but much to pity inclined."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

"But in thy breast a mind inhabits, proof / Against all charms."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

One may be as graceful in port and noble in stature as one is in mind discrete

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

One may be of "drowsy mind obtuse"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

"But when the Gods with evils unforeseen / Smite him, he bears them with a grudging mind; / For such as the complexion of his lot / By the appointment of the Sire of all, Such is the colour of the mind of man."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

The mind may be haunted by a thought

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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