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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Page 11
... smile , And smooths for man the rugged brow of Toil . 180 which it is more easy to conceive than define , is less the effect of genius than judgment , and a kind of natural rea- son wrought to perfection by study . It serves , in compo ...
... smile , And smooths for man the rugged brow of Toil . 180 which it is more easy to conceive than define , is less the effect of genius than judgment , and a kind of natural rea- son wrought to perfection by study . It serves , in compo ...
Page 40
... smile , See Pensive Gray * awake the Theban lyre , And soar to heights where Pindar would expire ! 131 loss , I have written it , with a pleasure mixed with bitterness , in a book to which I often refer . Since the strongest cord of my ...
... smile , See Pensive Gray * awake the Theban lyre , And soar to heights where Pindar would expire ! 131 loss , I have written it , with a pleasure mixed with bitterness , in a book to which I often refer . Since the strongest cord of my ...
Page 42
... smile on Grandison's 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 ...
... smile on Grandison's 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 ...
Page 48
... smile , And hail her brightest songstress of the British isle . ' beautiful lamentation on her unhappy fate , does not feel the fervour and pathos of her genius ? * Criticism has called this lady the first poetess of Italy ...
... smile , And hail her brightest songstress of the British isle . ' beautiful lamentation on her unhappy fate , does not feel the fervour and pathos of her genius ? * Criticism has called this lady the first poetess of Italy ...
Page 65
... smile awaken'd every hope of love , Her modest mildness would that hope reprove : A pensive sorrow shaded o'er her face , Admiring Nature gave her every grace . F [ long ? " 101 Forlorn Situation of Orlando . 110 Orlando lov'd --- but ...
... smile awaken'd every hope of love , Her modest mildness would that hope reprove : A pensive sorrow shaded o'er her face , Admiring Nature gave her every grace . F [ long ? " 101 Forlorn Situation of Orlando . 110 Orlando lov'd --- but ...
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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