Charles Churchill on Mind
1731–1764 England
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With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroy'd by thought:
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our powers, and leaves a blank behind.
An Epistle to William Hogarth (1763)
Within the brain's most secret cells
A certain Lord Chief Justice dwells,
Of sovereign power, whom, one and all,
With common voice, we Reason call.
The Ghost (1763)
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.