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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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Date: 1791

The sight of someone may raise a tempest in the mind

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

"My son! oh how could so severe a word / Escape thy lips? my fortitude of mind / Thou know'st, and even now shalt prove me firm / As iron, secret as the stubborn rock."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

A thought may occupy and haunt the mind

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

Dread may overcloud the mind

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

"Speak, can the ghost of Conscience haunt thy mind?"

— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)

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Date: 1791

"The generous Mind expanding into Joy, / While no mean Passion mixt its base Alloy;"

— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)

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Date: 1791

"Hail to each ancient sacred shade / Of those, who gave the Muses aid, / Skill'd verse mysterious to unfold, / And set each brilliant thought in gold."

— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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Date: 1791

"Thou hast an iron heart! / For should that savage man and faithless once / Seize and discover thee, no pity expect / Or reverence at his hands"

— 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.