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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... present those in a man- ner pleasing and captivating it will fail in its de- sign of instruction . The didactic poet who is suc- cessful must not only be gifted with the power of invention , but he must possess the taste of the critic ...
... present those in a man- ner pleasing and captivating it will fail in its de- sign of instruction . The didactic poet who is suc- cessful must not only be gifted with the power of invention , but he must possess the taste of the critic ...
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... Present Sophia to our ardent view , As fair a picture as the pencil drew ! See , mid his group , the country ' squire arise ! And Square and Thwackum lift their knowing eyes ! But chiefly mark , amid the motley throng , Poor parson ...
... Present Sophia to our ardent view , As fair a picture as the pencil drew ! See , mid his group , the country ' squire arise ! And Square and Thwackum lift their knowing eyes ! But chiefly mark , amid the motley throng , Poor parson ...
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... present day , none can approach her . She leaves far behind her the monks and castle spectres . It is remark- able of this writer , that , from her first performance to the last , she has been advancing to greater excellence . Her ...
... present day , none can approach her . She leaves far behind her the monks and castle spectres . It is remark- able of this writer , that , from her first performance to the last , she has been advancing to greater excellence . Her ...
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... present length , I have confined myself to this hasty and su- perficial sketch . History has recorded five ages in which human Genius has arrived at perfection not equalled in other times . The first was the age of Philip and Alexander ...
... present length , I have confined myself to this hasty and su- perficial sketch . History has recorded five ages in which human Genius has arrived at perfection not equalled in other times . The first was the age of Philip and Alexander ...
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... present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a minute in- vestigation . It was at Rome , on the 15th of October , 1764 , as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol , while the ...
... present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a minute in- vestigation . It was at Rome , on the 15th of October , 1764 , as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the capitol , while 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