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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Page viii
... beauty . Genius , disdaining any imitation , strikes out a path for itself , wild and hazardous , where foot has never trodden . " Ge- nius ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy of taste to ...
... beauty . Genius , disdaining any imitation , strikes out a path for itself , wild and hazardous , where foot has never trodden . " Ge- nius ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy of taste to ...
Page xii
... beauty . The one addresses its discoveries to the understanding ; the other its productions to the taste . The one explores the labyrinths of intricacy ; the other wanders through the mazes of delight . The characteris- tic of the one ...
... beauty . The one addresses its discoveries to the understanding ; the other its productions to the taste . The one explores the labyrinths of intricacy ; the other wanders through the mazes of delight . The characteris- tic of the one ...
Page 8
... 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 landscape fades away . Then toils the mind with firm ...
... 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 landscape fades away . Then toils the mind with firm ...
Page 10
... beauty , rendered more exquisite by genius , and more correct by cultivation . " This definition , though not equal to the former , contains one beautiful remark ; which is , that taste is rendered more exquisite by genius and more ...
... beauty , rendered more exquisite by genius , and more correct by cultivation . " This definition , though not equal to the former , contains one beautiful remark ; which is , that taste is rendered more exquisite by genius and more ...
Page 12
... beauty and of grandeur is peculiar to man . The herd in common with him sensually enjoy the seasons as they roll . They repose upon the bank and beneath the shade of the tree ; they receive their nourishment from the pasture and the ...
... beauty and of grandeur is peculiar to man . The herd in common with him sensually enjoy the seasons as they roll . They repose upon the bank and beneath the shade of the tree ; they receive their nourishment from the pasture and 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