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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... the bending frame Destroys our vigour and our thirst for fame ; To mental toil , then weariness succeeds , Remembrance looks upon our former deeds , 130 140 Taste . Then no new conquests kindle our desires But S THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
... the bending frame Destroys our vigour and our thirst for fame ; To mental toil , then weariness succeeds , Remembrance looks upon our former deeds , 130 140 Taste . Then no new conquests kindle our desires But S THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
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... the loud report of former fame , as with a knell which damps the spirits , but as with a trumpet which inspires ardour to rival the renowned . " The Genius of Shakespear . The subtle stagyrite then weav'd 14 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
... the loud report of former fame , as with a knell which damps the spirits , but as with a trumpet which inspires ardour to rival the renowned . " The Genius of Shakespear . The subtle stagyrite then weav'd 14 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
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... Fame , he sought indulgence to his sorrow among those scenes , which , while they soothed his mind , awoke the pathos of his muse . His Cotter's Saturday Night -- his Address to a Mountain Daisy -- his Lament of Mary Queen of Scots ...
... Fame , he sought indulgence to his sorrow among those scenes , which , while they soothed his mind , awoke the pathos of his muse . His Cotter's Saturday Night -- his Address to a Mountain Daisy -- his Lament of Mary Queen of Scots ...
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... Fame , And give to Glory the Columbian name ; Drive darkness far before thy golden ray And let us live beneath thy noon of day ---- Some native bard O kindle with thy fire ! And bid him pour the torrent of thy lyre , Unfold thy visions ...
... Fame , And give to Glory the Columbian name ; Drive darkness far before thy golden ray And let us live beneath thy noon of day ---- Some native bard O kindle with thy fire ! And bid him pour the torrent of thy lyre , Unfold thy visions ...
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... fame Bow with just reverence at his mighty name . When he the Poet's life sublimely draws , The world grows wise from his poetic laws . Whene'er he rambles thro ' the haunts of men , Instruction follows his impressive pen . Whene'er he ...
... fame Bow with just reverence at his mighty name . When he the Poet's life sublimely draws , The world grows wise from his poetic laws . Whene'er he rambles thro ' the haunts of men , Instruction follows his impressive pen . Whene'er he ...
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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