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Date: 1803

" Bless'd be that Eye which dropp'd the friendly tear, / That sign'd each truth, and stamp'd the Soul sincere!"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1803

"A Whirlpool swallowing up each awful thought / That Heav'n had stamp'd, or education taught."

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"How then should matron Mind, with filial fear, / Judge all the embryo thoughts engender'd there"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

Imagination may see shapes that "stir the poison in her heart of Spleen"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"What Spectres mad Suspicion might behold / Pilfering her property, in goods, or gold--"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"The Soul's keen craving's still unsatisfied ... like the Miser, mid profusion pines, / Still poor--still pennyless, 'mongst golden mines!"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Whose waxen Hearts with warm emotion melt"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"No classic teaching those pure Truths imparts, / That Scripture stamps on humblest Christians' hearts!"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"But plant ideas like a printing-press; / Or, graven copper-plate, again to roll / The pristine stamp of proud Employer's Soul."

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"But cloister'd, close, in such sequester'd shades, / Each strong impression, clear inscription, fades"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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