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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... lov'd Tasso pour'd his melting strains . ---- Crown'd with th ' applauses of imperial Rome , He turns his footsteps towards his native home ; There gives to Wisdom all his studious hours , And gives expansion to his mighty powers ; At ...
... lov'd Tasso pour'd his melting strains . ---- Crown'd with th ' applauses of imperial Rome , He turns his footsteps towards his native home ; There gives to Wisdom all his studious hours , And gives expansion to his mighty powers ; At ...
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... lov'd his pipe , and when the vale was still , His strain came sweeten'd from the shady hill ; Nature he lov'd in all her various forms , Her sleeping green , her mountain beat by storms , Her winding stream , her ever rolling waves ...
... lov'd his pipe , and when the vale was still , His strain came sweeten'd from the shady hill ; Nature he lov'd in all her various forms , Her sleeping green , her mountain beat by storms , Her winding stream , her ever rolling waves ...
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... lov'd --- but all his vows were vain , And all the sweetness of his mournful strain . An happier shepherd from the banks of Tay , Bow'd to her charms and bore the maid away . Orlando mourns --- his sun has set in night . And fled each ...
... lov'd --- but all his vows were vain , And all the sweetness of his mournful strain . An happier shepherd from the banks of Tay , Bow'd to her charms and bore the maid away . Orlando mourns --- his sun has set in night . And fled each ...
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... I explored , Where sang the stream , where falling waters roar'd . A fond enthusiast on the mountain's brow , I heard the echo babble from below . 231 The Same . I lov'd the dingle and the tangled 70 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
... I explored , Where sang the stream , where falling waters roar'd . A fond enthusiast on the mountain's brow , I heard the echo babble from below . 231 The Same . I lov'd the dingle and the tangled 70 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
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... lov'd the dingle and the tangled dell , 240 And crept with silence to her hermit - cell . Nature I lov'd when cloth'd in mildest charms , She lur'd sweet Quiet to her fondling arms . I lov'd her more when with her clouds o'ercast , She ...
... lov'd the dingle and the tangled dell , 240 And crept with silence to her hermit - cell . Nature I lov'd when cloth'd in mildest charms , She lur'd sweet Quiet to her fondling arms . I lov'd her more when with her clouds o'ercast , She ...
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