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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... 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 , Unless fair Science to her wondering soul ...
... 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 , Unless fair Science to her wondering soul ...
Page 66
... 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 : Onward he rush'd -- he held the form in view , He call'd on Anna --- Anna from him flew ...
... 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 : Onward he rush'd -- he held the form in view , He call'd on Anna --- Anna from him flew ...
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... clouds o'ercast , She hove the ocean with her yelling blast , 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 listen'd to ...
... clouds o'ercast , She hove the ocean with her yelling blast , 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 listen'd to ...
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... clouds from a period the most important and interesting . It unfolds , in its hero Lorenzo , a magnificence which was princely , and a patronage of learning which we cannot estimate too much . To him the whole literary world is indebted ...
... clouds from a period the most important and interesting . It unfolds , in its hero Lorenzo , a magnificence which was princely , and a patronage of learning which we cannot estimate too much . To him the whole literary world is indebted ...
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... peace : O ! let your own Columbia rival Greece . Thus Genius spoke -- express'd a parent's prayer ; Rose on the clouds , and melted into air . 360 NOTE . I HAVE hitherto forborne to speak of American THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 79.
... peace : O ! let your own Columbia rival Greece . Thus Genius spoke -- express'd a parent's prayer ; Rose on the clouds , and melted into air . 360 NOTE . I HAVE hitherto forborne to speak of American THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 79.
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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