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Date: 1682

One gaze and the leave "behind a conquered Heart"

— Coppinger, Matthew (fl. 1682)

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Date: 1682

"Sh'has o'er my Soul an easie Conquest won."

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

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Date: 1683

The Great Prince, "Who conquer'd Armies, now thou Conquers hearts:"

— Paterson, Ninian (fl.1678-1696)

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Date: 1684

The Passions may raise "Civil Wars" and discompose man "with intestine Jars"

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

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Date: 1684

A "charming Voice, and Art" may gain "the conquest of my Heart

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

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Date: 1684

A captive heart may wear a beloved's chain

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

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Date: 1684

One may be as great a Conqueror as Caesar, "Who couldst by milder ways all Hearts subdue, / The nobler Conquest of the two"

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

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Date: 1685

"Victorious Reason" may "afford / A Nobler Conquest then the Sword"

— Philips, John (1676-1709)

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Date: 1685

"For who, but one that's rap't out of his wits, / Whose mind is troubled by invading fits, / Would make so great a noise?"

— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)

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Date: 1686

"But now Within there's Civil War, / In Arms my rebel Passions are, / Their old Allegiance laid aside"

— Flatman, Thomas (1635-1688)

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