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Date: 1684

"But Settle, and the Rest, that writ for Pence, / Whose whole Estate's an ounce, or two of Brains"

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

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Date: 1684

"When holy Trances first inspire his Breast, / And the God enters there to be a Guest."

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

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Date: 1684

"In that white Snow which overspreads your skin, / We trace ye whiter Soul which dwells within."

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

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Date: 1687

"My Passions rule, long since my Reason dyde"

— Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)

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Date: 1687

The will may spur a lover on

— Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)

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Date: 1687

Cupids in air y forms do move and conspire "conquering ev'ry Heart, or setting it on Fire"

— Cutts, John, Baron Cutts of Gowran (1660/1-1707)

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Date: 1693

"Grief clouds my sadder Mind, when it should be, / As free as unconcern'd, as calm as she."

— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)

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Date: 1693

"When I did first this charming object view, / Her Image in my Mind took Root & grew."

— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)

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Date: 1705

"[W]e all, by Just Experience, find / Content is only seated in the Mind"

— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

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Date: 1706

"There glides the moon her shining way, / And shoots my heart thro' with a silver ray."

— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

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