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Date: 1873

"There thou sittest in thy wonted corner / Lone and awful in thy darkened mind."

— Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)

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Date: Date Unknown

A nose of wax is a "true symbol of the mind"

— Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866)

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Date: 1876

"What art thou, Mind, that mirror'st things unseen, / Giv'st to the dead the smiles which erst they wore, / And lift'st the veil which fate hath cast between / Thee and the forms which are not, but have been?"

— Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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Date: 1893

"Thy mind is like a crystal brook / Wherein clean creatures live at ease / In sun-bright waves or shady nook."

— Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1809)

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