The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three PartsAlbion Press: : Printed by J. Cundee, Ivy Lane, for T. Williams, Stationers' Court, and T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, 1804 - 155 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... bids the building rise . Judgment with these and Sympathy refin'd Guide and improve the genius of the mind . 40 * It is by Judgment that we discern the propriety of the plan and the execution of a work ; the conformity of style and ...
... bids the building rise . Judgment with these and Sympathy refin'd Guide and improve the genius of the mind . 40 * It is by Judgment that we discern the propriety of the plan and the execution of a work ; the conformity of style and ...
Pagina 7
... Bid Hope stand tiptoe with her torch on fire --- When farther on life's journey we pursue , And wider prospects open to our view ; For different objects then our passions burn , To different paths our inclinations turn . ---- If we the ...
... Bid Hope stand tiptoe with her torch on fire --- When farther on life's journey we pursue , And wider prospects open to our view ; For different objects then our passions burn , To different paths our inclinations turn . ---- If we the ...
Pagina 9
... bids no more Invention labour in pursuit of lore ; 150 159 Chill o'er the senses noiseless stupors creep And sink the passions in a deathful sleep , Fitful and deep proceeds the vital breath And man falls shivering in the arms of Death ...
... bids no more Invention labour in pursuit of lore ; 150 159 Chill o'er the senses noiseless stupors creep And sink the passions in a deathful sleep , Fitful and deep proceeds the vital breath And man falls shivering in the arms of Death ...
Pagina 14
... bids us fly the general fault of imitators ; bids us not be struck by the loud report of former fame , as with a knell which damps the spirits , but as with a trumpet which inspires ardour to rival the renowned . " The Genius of ...
... bids us fly the general fault of imitators ; bids us not be struck by the loud report of former fame , as with a knell which damps the spirits , but as with a trumpet which inspires ardour to rival the renowned . " The Genius of ...
Pagina 20
... bids the storms beat on his dauntless brow : Ten thousand phantoms glimmer in his sight , And on the winds attend him in his flight . When knights and war he sings and war's alarms , He speaks in terror , like the god of arms ; But when ...
... bids the storms beat on his dauntless brow : Ten thousand phantoms glimmer in his sight , And on the winds attend him in his flight . When knights and war he sings and war's alarms , He speaks in terror , like the god of arms ; But when ...
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amid APPENDIX Ariosto arms art thou bard beam beauty behold beneath bids blast bold bosom breast breath brow Chill clouds dark death delight Demosthenes divine dwell earth Eclogues fame Fancy Fingal fire footsteps Gallileo Genius give gloomy glory Greece head hear heart heaven Henry Fielding honours idolatry Iliad Invention kindled king light literature lyre Massillon MIDNIGHT HYMN mighty Milton mind morning mountains mournful muse Nature Nature's never night numbers o'er Orla Ossian Paradise Lost passions peace Petrarch Pindar plains poem poet poetry repose rise roll Rome rous'd Sappho says scene shades Shakespeare shew Sir William Jones sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit spread storm strain stream sublimity sword taste tears tempest terror thee thou thoughts thro throne thunder tion toil truth vale Vaucluse wandering waves wild winds wings writers youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 98 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Pagina 90 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Pagina 92 - O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Pagina 91 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Pagina 112 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Pagina 94 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Pagina 92 - Princes shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Pagina 92 - The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God : even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Pagina 89 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy...
Pagina 89 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the Earth; it hath raised up from their thrones >11 the kings of the nations.