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 pages |
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... flame , When wild and starting he appears in pain , And shews a moon - struck phrenzy of the brain ; The world cries out , " What ails our neighbour's lad ? ' Tis pity of the boy , for he is mad ; " He often laughs aloud , and none know ...
... flame , When wild and starting he appears in pain , And shews a moon - struck phrenzy of the brain ; The world cries out , " What ails our neighbour's lad ? ' Tis pity of the boy , for he is mad ; " He often laughs aloud , and none know ...
Page 98
... 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 , And reassembling our afflicted powers , Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our enemy ...
... 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 , And reassembling our afflicted powers , Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our enemy ...
Page 118
... flames , the countries which he ravaged and de- stroyed , and the miserable distress of all the inha- bitants of the earth . When she has viewed him in this scene , carry her into his retirements ; shew her the Prophet's chamber , his ...
... flames , the countries which he ravaged and de- stroyed , and the miserable distress of all the inha- bitants of the earth . When she has viewed him in this scene , carry her into his retirements ; shew her the Prophet's chamber , his ...
Page 128
... flames of hell - fell Fury there Yell'd to the winds and stamp'd the hollow ground ; Telling her sorrows to the listening Night , There came wan Melancholy slowly on ; Folded her arms upon her heaving bosom , Her face directed to the ...
... flames of hell - fell Fury there Yell'd to the winds and stamp'd the hollow ground ; Telling her sorrows to the listening Night , There came wan Melancholy slowly on ; Folded her arms upon her heaving bosom , Her face directed to the ...
Page 137
... it dies away . How like thy dim and dying flame , The sons of Genius and of lore ! Whose souls too ardent for their frame , Burn till their pulse can beat no more . THE FAREWELL SONG OF OSSIAN . The following Lines are MISCELLANIES . 137.
... it dies away . How like thy dim and dying flame , The sons of Genius and of lore ! Whose souls too ardent for their frame , Burn till their pulse can beat no more . THE FAREWELL SONG OF OSSIAN . The following Lines are MISCELLANIES . 137.
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