The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three PartsJohn Conrad & Company, 1802 - 191 pagina's |
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Pagina 54
... clouds and lines ; The sculptor's polish can each feature give , And even make the rugged marble live ! Thus Genius , in the night of darkness born , May wind , unnotic'd , her resounding horn , 30 Unless fair Science to her wondering ...
... clouds and lines ; The sculptor's polish can each feature give , And even make the rugged marble live ! Thus Genius , in the night of darkness born , May wind , unnotic'd , her resounding horn , 30 Unless fair Science to her wondering ...
Pagina 93
... rov'd while deeper clouds o'erspread , And wilder tempests beat upon his head : His phrenzy grew amid the ruthless storm ; His Fancy saw his long - lost Anna's form : 130 # Onward he rush'd .... he held the form in OF GENIUS . 93.
... rov'd while deeper clouds o'erspread , And wilder tempests beat upon his head : His phrenzy grew amid the ruthless storm ; His Fancy saw his long - lost Anna's form : 130 # Onward he rush'd .... he held the form in OF GENIUS . 93.
Pagina 98
... dingle and the tangled dell , And crept with silence to her hermit - cell . Nature I lov'd when cloth'd in mildest charms , She lur'd sweet Quiet to her fondling arms . I lov'd her more when with her clouds o'ercast , 98 THE POWERS.
... dingle and the tangled dell , And crept with silence to her hermit - cell . Nature I lov'd when cloth'd in mildest charms , She lur'd sweet Quiet to her fondling arms . I lov'd her more when with her clouds o'ercast , 98 THE POWERS.
Pagina 99
... clouds o'ercast , She hove the ocean with her yelling blast , 240 When thunders roll'd from her Creator's hand , Burst from the skies and shook the wondering land ...... .. I heard entranc'd the Grecian's epic - strain , Enraptur'd ...
... clouds o'ercast , She hove the ocean with her yelling blast , 240 When thunders roll'd from her Creator's hand , Burst from the skies and shook the wondering land ...... .. I heard entranc'd the Grecian's epic - strain , Enraptur'd ...
Pagina 104
... clouds from a period the most important and interesting . It unfolds , in its hero Lorenzo , a magnificence which was princely , and a pa- tronage of learning which we cannot estimate too much . To him the whole literary world is ...
... clouds from a period the most important and interesting . It unfolds , in its hero Lorenzo , a magnificence which was princely , and a pa- tronage of learning which we cannot estimate too much . To him the whole literary world is ...
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Pagina 126 - Nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator!
Pagina 123 - 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.
Pagina 145 - 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 118 - 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 125 - The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Pagina 120 - 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 121 - 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 119 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high ? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood : and where the slain are, there is she.
Pagina 128 - The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves ; There rest, if any rest can harbour there...
Pagina 144 - ... winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her master's second coming; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection.