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
... spreads o'er Nature an enrapturing 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 ...
... spreads o'er Nature an enrapturing 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 ...
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... spread their conquests o'er the wondering world * The German nations , who bordered on the Baltic coast , have ... spreads the quiet C 4 THE POWERS OF GENTUS . 23.
... spread their conquests o'er the wondering world * The German nations , who bordered on the Baltic coast , have ... spreads the quiet C 4 THE POWERS OF GENTUS . 23.
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... spreads the quiet and luxuriant vale , For ever fann'd by Spring's ambrosial gale , Where over pebbles runs the limpid rill And woods o'er - shade the wildly - sloping hill : There roves the swain , all - gentle and serene , And guards ...
... spreads the quiet and luxuriant vale , For ever fann'd by Spring's ambrosial gale , Where over pebbles runs the limpid rill And woods o'er - shade the wildly - sloping hill : There roves the swain , all - gentle and serene , And guards ...
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... genial glow , Joy would break in upon the night of woe ; Knowledge would spread her mild , reviving ray , And on his wigwam rise the dawn of day ---- Invocation to Genius . Genius awaken in this new - THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 25.
... genial glow , Joy would break in upon the night of woe ; Knowledge would spread her mild , reviving ray , And on his wigwam rise the dawn of day ---- Invocation to Genius . Genius awaken in this new - THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 25.
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... until midnight . When he arrived at his seventeenth year he was a good classical scholar , was master of several languages , and had produced 1 Milton . With dauntless soul his little arms he spread THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 31.
... until midnight . When he arrived at his seventeenth year he was a good classical scholar , was master of several languages , and had produced 1 Milton . With dauntless soul his little arms he spread THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 31.
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