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
... pomp and garnish . If it cannot stand this trial , without doubt it is only swelled and puffed up , and it will be more for our honour to contemn than admire it . Early Genius --- The heart too cold to feel the B 2 THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 3.
... pomp and garnish . If it cannot stand this trial , without doubt it is only swelled and puffed up , and it will be more for our honour to contemn than admire it . Early Genius --- The heart too cold to feel the B 2 THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 3.
Pagina 4
... heart that melts not at another's woe , The heart that owns not Handel's angel - lay Shall sleep for ever in its house of clay : There Genius never dwells an happy guest , She finds no entrance in the frozen breast . Though erring taste ...
... heart that melts not at another's woe , The heart that owns not Handel's angel - lay Shall sleep for ever in its house of clay : There Genius never dwells an happy guest , She finds no entrance in the frozen breast . Though erring taste ...
Pagina 8
... hearts the lovely form of Truth Cloth'd in the beauty of immortal youth . Then Judgment , Reason hold their steadfast reign , Nor feel the tangles of Delusion's chain . Enchantment then no longer holds its sway And Fancy's fairy ...
... hearts the lovely form of Truth Cloth'd in the beauty of immortal youth . Then Judgment , Reason hold their steadfast reign , Nor feel the tangles of Delusion's chain . Enchantment then no longer holds its sway And Fancy's fairy ...
Pagina 18
... heart than the brightest joy . The regions which a poet inhabits will always give a cast to his strains . Ossian , amidst his isle of mists , caught his gloomy enthusiasm . There was presented to his view , a wild , picturesque , and ...
... heart than the brightest joy . The regions which a poet inhabits will always give a cast to his strains . Ossian , amidst his isle of mists , caught his gloomy enthusiasm . There was presented to his view , a wild , picturesque , and ...
Pagina 20
... heart ; See lowly Burns * move slowly o'er the lea , And breathe the song of sweetest harmony . from Homer's Iliad .-- Whereas Ariosto disdained any imi- tation . He delighted in the sublimity of irregularity . His flight is regulated ...
... heart ; See lowly Burns * move slowly o'er the lea , And breathe the song of sweetest harmony . from Homer's Iliad .-- Whereas Ariosto disdained any imi- tation . He delighted in the sublimity of irregularity . His flight is regulated ...
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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
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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?
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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...
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