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Date: 1753

"Sorrow renounces latitude of range: / Dwells in confinement's cave; where thought sits chain'd / Muses are shunn'd: and horror's winking lamp."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1753

"Passion! the great man's guide, the poor man's blame; / The soldier's lawrel, and the sigher's flame"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1753

"Like our's, to night, Lord Passion sets their task; / Their fears, hopes, flatt'ries--all are passion's masque."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1753

"Where shall a thoughtless youth this treasure find? / This art of judgment, that becalms the mind? / Chains anger short; and sets reflection free, / Gives tumult temper---and makes fortune see?"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1754

"If, holy Father, to be here distress'd, / Seals the repenting Soul to heav'nly rest,"

— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)

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Date: 1756

Kings and courts may stain the mind

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

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Date: 1756

"O take me! stamp me on thy breast! / Deep let the image be imprest!"

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

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Date: June, 1756

"But soul-rejoicing health again returns, / The blood meanders gentle in each vein, / The lamp of life renew'd with vigour burns, / And exil'd reason takes her seat again-- / Brisk leaps the heart, the mind's at large once more, / To love, to praise, to bless, to wonder and adore."

— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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Date: 1756

"And stamp Thine image on our hearts"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1757

"Another tells how "melts his heart, 'Like wax'"

— Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

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