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Date: 1799

"My mind fastened upon the idea of this room with an unusual degree of intenseness."

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

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Date: 1799

"A sinking at my heart, as if it had been penetrated my a dagger seized me"

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

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Date: 1830

"'A lovely form there sate beside my bed [...]Twas my own spirit newly come from heaven, / Wooing its gentle way into my soul!"

— Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

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