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Date: 1679

"You'l find it worse and worse; and what's behind / Will strange Impressions make upon your Mind."

— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

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Date: 1679

"Ah! I may preach untill my heart doth ake, / And it on thee will no Impression make."

— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

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Date: 1680

"Here your dear Memory shall be inshrin'd, / And deep impression bear upon our mind."

— Livingstone, Michael (fl. 1680)

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Date: 1680

"But how shall I begin this great Confession? / Which in my Soul doth make this deep Impression:"

— Dean, John (fl. 1680-1684)

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Date: 1680

"Those worthy deeds which he hath wrought / Within each breast, have left behind / Impressions, time can never blot."

— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)

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Date: 1682

"This made Impression on some easie Minds, / Whom or good Nature, or false Pity blinds."

— Pordage, Samuel (bap. 1633, d. c. 1691)

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Date: 1683

Surprising touches and "a just method well-designed, / May leave a strong impression in the mind"

— Dryden, John (1631-1700) [Poem ascribed to]

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Date: 1683

"You say you love, but I had rather See't, / Shew loves impression in a wounded heart"

— Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)

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Date: 1683

"This thought such deep impressions makes"

— Shipman, Thomas (1632-1680)

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Date: 1685

"[W]hat has all that we have said / Of our good wishes, no impression made / In thy poor Soul?"

— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)

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