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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... repose upon the bank and beneath the shade of the tree ; they receive their nourishment from the pasture and the stream ; but man only perceives the images of beauty and sublimity in the skies and in the objects which surround him . The ...
... repose upon the bank and beneath the shade of the tree ; they receive their nourishment from the pasture and the stream ; but man only perceives the images of beauty and sublimity in the skies and in the objects which surround him . The ...
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... repose ; Seldom she seeks the deep terrific shade , Where Culture's footsteps never press'd the glade , Incessant cold chills her impetuous course And melting suns destroy her active force . In endless solitude her powers decay ...
... repose ; Seldom she seeks the deep terrific shade , Where Culture's footsteps never press'd the glade , Incessant cold chills her impetuous course And melting suns destroy her active force . In endless solitude her powers decay ...
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... repose , ( An easy conquest to invading foes . ) 330 They call'd to arms their sanguine flag unfurl'd And spread their conquests o'er the wondering world * The German nations , who bordered on the Baltic coast , have always been ...
... repose , ( An easy conquest to invading foes . ) 330 They call'd to arms their sanguine flag unfurl'd And spread their conquests o'er the wondering world * The German nations , who bordered on the Baltic coast , have always been ...
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... repose I enjoyed . From that time tongues and pens were sharpened against me ; my friends became my ene- mies , and I suffered the just effects of my confidence and presumption . " --- Such is the unsatisfying nature of all hu- man ...
... repose I enjoyed . From that time tongues and pens were sharpened against me ; my friends became my ene- mies , and I suffered the just effects of my confidence and presumption . " --- Such is the unsatisfying nature of all hu- man ...
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... repose . 160 * Richardson was an author of uncommon merit ; his knowledge of nature was extensive ; his characters are drawn with a masterly hand ; his delineations of the pas- sions are accurate ; his moral sentiments judicious . He ...
... repose . 160 * Richardson was an author of uncommon merit ; his knowledge of nature was extensive ; his characters are drawn with a masterly hand ; his delineations of the pas- sions are accurate ; his moral sentiments judicious . 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