Date: 1792
One can "wage war" on his own heart and "conquer it, or perish"
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Date: 1792
When human feelings may inspire the breast so that the "Mint of Nature" glows, "Virtue strikes her image on the mind"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: 1792
"O, the fell conflict, the intestine strife, / This clash of good and evil, death and life! / What, what are all the wars of sea and wind, / Or wreck of matter, to This War of Mind?"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: 1792
"Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest, / Rending the sphere of our distracted breast!"
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Date: 1819
"Philosophers, anatomists of soul, / Ye have display'd a fearful spectacle, / The human heart exposed in nakedness!"
preview | full record— Anster, John (1793-1867)
Date: 1820
"We'll make his temple in our breast, / And offer up a tear."
preview | full record— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)