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 iii
... rules and the lessons of knowledge , while it borrows the har- mony and images of measured numbers . It has been generally considered as that species of poetry , in which it is most difficult to excel . If it do not inculcate doctrines ...
... rules and the lessons of knowledge , while it borrows the har- mony and images of measured numbers . It has been generally considered as that species of poetry , in which it is most difficult to excel . If it do not inculcate doctrines ...
Pagina v
... rules for his direction . After this view of the qualities necessary to the didactic poet , and of the difficulties attending the plan and the execution of didactic poetry ; with the examples before me , of those great masters of genius ...
... rules for his direction . After this view of the qualities necessary to the didactic poet , and of the difficulties attending the plan and the execution of didactic poetry ; with the examples before me , of those great masters of genius ...
Pagina vii
... mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation and rules . Genius , though always incorrect without study and investigation , still overcomes every difficulty and penetrates through the thickest and most hidden recesses.
... mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation and rules . Genius , though always incorrect without study and investigation , still overcomes every difficulty and penetrates through the thickest and most hidden recesses.
Pagina 1
... rule ever was or ever can be given how to compass it . A happy genius is the gift of Nature ; it depends on the influence of the stars , say the astrologers ; on the organs of the body , say the B Genius allied to Invention and Fancy ...
... rule ever was or ever can be given how to compass it . A happy genius is the gift of Nature ; it depends on the influence of the stars , say the astrologers ; on the organs of the body , say the B Genius allied to Invention and Fancy ...
Pagina 10
... precisely wherein those defects consist , and how far they are removed from the strict rules of art and the real beauties of nature . This happy faculty , Uncultured Taste . Born in his wilds , the rude 10 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
... precisely wherein those defects consist , and how far they are removed from the strict rules of art and the real beauties of nature . This happy faculty , Uncultured Taste . Born in his wilds , the rude 10 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
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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?
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.