Date: 1812

The realms of mind are ruled by shades

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

Date: 1812

Fancy may be kindled

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

Date: 1813

The thought may be feasted and the mind filled with sweet sensations

— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)

Date: 1814

"The mind of a child is like the acorn; its powers are folded up, they do not yet appear, but they are all there."

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

Date: 1814

A "ripening mind" may be "fitted for a throne"

— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)

Date: 1814

Shakespeare, "born for British minds alone, / To them has Fancy's boundless empire shewn"

— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)

Date: 1814

Byron's "powerful voice, with varying tone, / Makes all the empire of the mind thine own"

— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)

Date: 1814

The Muse may "wave the gloomy Sceptic's ebon wand" and bound "our cloudy view with endless night; / Like Polyphemus with destructive might, / Revenging thus thy loss of mental sight"

— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)

Date: 1814

"Not all the woes of guilty souls combined, / Exceed thy 'leafless desart of the mind'"

— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)

Date: 1814

Scott may "Usurp the empire of the wilder'd mind, / And leave the forms of modern life behind"

— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)