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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... to the last , she has been advancing to greater excellence . Her Italian is the noblest production of her pen , and one which I think she will never exceed . Zenobia ; Sappho . A light appears -- some hollow THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 45.
... to the last , she has been advancing to greater excellence . Her Italian is the noblest production of her pen , and one which I think she will never exceed . Zenobia ; Sappho . A light appears -- some hollow THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 45.
Page 46
... Sappho mourn her unrequited pain . ---- Cold - hearted youth , where wanders Phaon now ? Ah ! youth neglectful of thy former vow ---- Behold thy maid on bleak Leucadia's brow Bend o'er the waves which beat the rock below ; Hear her to ...
... Sappho mourn her unrequited pain . ---- Cold - hearted youth , where wanders Phaon now ? Ah ! youth neglectful of thy former vow ---- Behold thy maid on bleak Leucadia's brow Bend o'er the waves which beat the rock below ; Hear her to ...
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... Sappho warbling in Ionian plains ; No more are heard the precepts of her sage ; Nor treads Euripides his moral stage ; Her orators , her heroes , all are fled ! Nor hurl their vengeance on a Philip's head . The moon , the empress of the ...
... Sappho warbling in Ionian plains ; No more are heard the precepts of her sage ; Nor treads Euripides his moral stage ; Her orators , her heroes , all are fled ! Nor hurl their vengeance on a Philip's head . The moon , the empress of the ...
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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 elegant fame Fancy Fingal fire footsteps Gallileo Genius give gloom glory Greece head hear heart heaven Henry Fielding honours Hope 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 POWERS OF GENIUS repose rise roll Rome rous'd Sappho says scenes shades Shakespeare shew Sir William Jones smile song sorrow soul spirit spread storm strain stream sublimity sword taste tears terror thee thou thoughts thro throne thunder tion toil truth vale Vaucluse wandering waves wild winds wings youth