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Date: 1737

One shouldn't "dread th' Effects of all their treach'rous Arts, / Their boasted Stratagems to conquer Hearts"

— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)

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Date: 1727, 1739

"My Heart, no Stranger to the Guest [Love], / Flutter'd, and labour'd in my Breast"

— Broome, William (1689-1745); Hesiod

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Date: 1727, 1739

"That Bosom, where thy Image dwells!"

— Broome, William (1689-1745); Hesiod

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Date: 1740

"Love, Thy image love, impart, / Stamp it on our face and heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1741

" The universal pardon's past; / O seal it on my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1741

"Thy long-suffering is salvation, / Not to seal souls for hell, / Not for man's damnation"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: w. 1732, 1743, 1752

Reason may "fix it's Empire o'er [one's] Heart"

— Hammond, James (1710-1742)

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Date: 1743

"My soul is more than conqueror, / And strong in strength invincible."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1743

"My heart and flesh cry out for God: / There would I fix my soul's abode, / As birds that in the altars nest."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1745

"Too much my heart of Beauty's power hath known, / Too long to Love hath reason left her throne; / Too long my genius mourn'd his myrtle chain, / And three rich years of youth consum'd in vain."

— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)

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