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Date: 1746

Rebellion may lurk in the "faithless heart"

— Ruffhead, James

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The rays of beauties may "wound the bleeding heart" and make "useless the medicable art"

— Ruffhead, James

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The "heart of man" may be probed with the Muse's microscope

— Ruffhead, James

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The soul may have "sallies, shifts, and eddies" that roll "like a troubled ocean"

— Ruffhead, James

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Man may hold "a heart of stone"

— Ruffhead, James

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"One tyrant passion rules the soul of man"

— Ruffhead, James

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The "light of reason's ray" may be extinguished

— Ruffhead, James

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The soul may be poured forth in praise

— Ruffhead, James

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"As when an inflammation pains the sight, / The tender eye can scarce endure the light," so the treacherous soul "wants a screen"

— Ruffhead, James

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Date: 1746

One's sires's "great soul" may respire in one's breast

— Ruffhead, James

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