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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

The prize of conquered hearts may repay pain

— 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: 1823

A sublime power rules the will "And stamps His precepts on the conscious breast"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

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Date: 1823

The "venom'd shafts" of Cupid "empoison mortal joy," "Drawing from heav'n the soul of man to earth, / With foul alloy debasing purest treasure."

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

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Date: 1863

"May, united, love and duty / In my bosom be enshrined, / And reflect each other's beauty / In the mirror of my mind."

— Daniel, George (1789-1864)

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Date: 1868

"And take possession of Thy own / And seal my heart for ever Thine."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1868

"And through Thy sacred blood applied / My soul shall feel its pardon seal'd"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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