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Date: 1748

Thought is "The fire that warms the poet's brain."

— Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)

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Date: 1748

Thought is "The lover's heaven, or his hell."

— Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)

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Date: w. 1740, 1748

"Thirsting for Knowledge, but to know the right, / Thro' judgment's optick guide th' illusive sight, / To let in rays on Reason's darkling cell, / And Prejudice's lagging mists dispel."

— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)

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Date: w. 1740, 1748

"But when your early Care shall have design'd / To plan the Soul and mould the waxen Mind; / When you shall pour upon his tender Breast / Ideas that must stand an Age's Test, / Oh! there imprint with strongest deepest dye / The lovely form of Goddess LIBERTY!"

— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)

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Date: w. 1740, 1748

"The flannel Crew / With cunning joy the fond repentance view, / Pronounce Him bless'd, his miracles proclaim, / Teach the slight croud t' adore his hallow'd name, / Exalt his praise above the Saints of old, / And coin his sinking conscience into Gold."

— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)

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Date: 1749

Truely happy are "those who can / Govern that little empire, Man"

— Stepney, George (1663-1707)

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Date: 1749

People may "Bridle their passions and direct their will"

— Stepney, George (1663-1707)

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Date: 1749

"When she, with all the Magnet's Pow'r, / Draws to her sweet enchanting Bow'r / Heroic Souls, and Hearts of Steel."

— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

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Date: 1750

Vain doubts and groundless fears tear the foolish bosom and preced the "rising storm"

— Eusden, Laurence (1688-1730)

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Date: 1752, 1790

A mind may be " Void of all coquettish arts, / And vain designs of conquering hearts"

— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)

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