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Date: 1804

The mind may be kept upon her throne "in duty firm and sage"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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Date: 1804

The Lord may establish himself in "The heart [his] real throne"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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"The tender fair, whose heart is pity's throne, / With ease forgives all errors, but her own"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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Date: 1804

The nine [muses] may "vindicate [sensibility's] empire o'er the mind"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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Date: 1804

A "soul-commanding chord" may be "The conqueror of grief, and joy's creative lord"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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Date: 1804

" Two men they were by storms of misery driven / To lose the soul's sheet anchor, trust in Heaven!"

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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"tho' on his injur'd breast / Impending death his signet had imprest,

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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Date: 1804

"Still I perceive thee, in my heart enshrin'd, / Its guardian idol, and its favourite guest."

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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