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Date: 1782

"Rough annoyance" may rankle in the mind

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1782

Reveries are "flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought" and don't attain "to the dignity of thought"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1782

In polishing the mind, Luxury gives it a "childish cast"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1782

One may "give an image all thine heart" but "Its empire is not hers, nor is it thine, / 'Tis God's just claim, prerogative divine"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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