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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... force ; We know the torrent by its headlong course ; We know the sun by his effulgent ray , Which gloom disperses from the face of day . Invention * marks the genius of the soul , And on the lightning rides from pole to pole . Invention ...
... force ; We know the torrent by its headlong course ; We know the sun by his effulgent ray , Which gloom disperses from the face of day . Invention * marks the genius of the soul , And on the lightning rides from pole to pole . Invention ...
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... force ; And all collected in one great design , Moves like a giant just refresh'd with wine : Then sv 60 sweeps the storm which chills with loud alarm , Then falls the vigour of Alcides ' arm . The poet often gains a madman's name ...
... force ; And all collected in one great design , Moves like a giant just refresh'd with wine : Then sv 60 sweeps the storm which chills with loud alarm , Then falls the vigour of Alcides ' arm . The poet often gains a madman's name ...
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... force ; All her attainments cease --- she bids no more Invention labour in pursuit of lore ; 150 159 Chill o'er the senses noiseless stupors creep And sink the passions in a deathful sleep , Fitful and deep proceeds the vital breath And ...
... force ; All her attainments cease --- she bids no more Invention labour in pursuit of lore ; 150 159 Chill o'er the senses noiseless stupors creep And sink the passions in a deathful sleep , Fitful and deep proceeds the vital breath And ...
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... force . In endless solitude her powers decay Imagination sickens , dies away : To social life Man every comfort owes , There Fancy brightens , Emulation glows . 310 There Joy is born and Friendship's healing charm , And Sorrow leans on ...
... force . In endless solitude her powers decay Imagination sickens , dies away : To social life Man every comfort owes , There Fancy brightens , Emulation glows . 310 There Joy is born and Friendship's healing charm , And Sorrow leans on ...
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... forces , which amount- ed to 300,000 men , and invaded the Roman territories ; Ariovistus and his German bands , the invaders of Gaul ; the Suevi , the Goths , the Vandals , and the Lombards , who made numerous irruptions into the Roman ...
... forces , which amount- ed to 300,000 men , and invaded the Roman territories ; Ariovistus and his German bands , the invaders of Gaul ; the Suevi , the Goths , the Vandals , and the Lombards , who made numerous irruptions into the Roman ...
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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