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Date: 1817

"When Reason doth regain its throne, / And the mind dares its follies own."

— Combe, William (1742 -1823)

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Date: 1818

The faithful bless the Lord's "empire o'er the willing soul"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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Date: 1823

"[I]n the virtuous heart is fix'd [Love's] lasting throne"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

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Date: 1823

"On either side, and all around, engrav'd / Were mystic symbols seen of free-born hearts enslav'd"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

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Date: w. 1775, 1827

"For thou, within the human Mind / Fix'd, as on thy peculiar throne, / Sitt'st like a Deity inshrined; / And either Muse is all thine own!"

— Crowe, William (1745-1829)

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