Date: 1791

"But in thy breast a mind inhabits, proof / Against all charms."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

One may be as graceful in port and noble in stature as one is in mind discrete

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

One may be of "drowsy mind obtuse"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

"But when the Gods with evils unforeseen / Smite him, he bears them with a grudging mind; / For such as the complexion of his lot / By the appointment of the Sire of all, Such is the colour of the mind of man."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

The mind may be haunted by a thought

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

The sight of someone may raise a tempest in the mind

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

"My son! oh how could so severe a word / Escape thy lips? my fortitude of mind / Thou know'st, and even now shalt prove me firm / As iron, secret as the stubborn rock."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

A thought may occupy and haunt the mind

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

Dread may overcloud the mind

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Date: 1791

"Thou hast an iron heart! / For should that savage man and faithless once / Seize and discover thee, no pity expect / Or reverence at his hands"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)