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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... storms : Now her fair fingers kiss the shepherd's reed , And now she shudders at some nameless deed : Now sadly wandering thro ' the twilight grove , She tells the tale of unrequited love . Now rous'd to rage she chills the soul with ...
... storms : Now her fair fingers kiss the shepherd's reed , And now she shudders at some nameless deed : Now sadly wandering thro ' the twilight grove , She tells the tale of unrequited love . Now rous'd to rage she chills the soul with ...
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... storm which chills with loud alarm , Then falls the vigour of Alcides ' arm . The poet often gains a madman's name . When first he kindles with the Muse's flame , When wild and starting he appears in pain , And shews a moon - struck ...
... storm which chills with loud alarm , Then falls the vigour of Alcides ' arm . The poet often gains a madman's name . When first he kindles with the Muse's flame , When wild and starting he appears in pain , And shews a moon - struck ...
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... storm beat loudly on his little shed ; Delighted views the golden sun of morn And hears the hunter wind his early horn ; The voice of music meets his willing ear , The tale of sorrow ever claims his tear . These warm impressions speak ...
... storm beat loudly on his little shed ; Delighted views the golden sun of morn And hears the hunter wind his early horn ; The voice of music meets his willing ear , The tale of sorrow ever claims his tear . These warm impressions speak ...
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... storm . The sense of beauty and of grandeur is peculiar to man . The herd in common with him sensually enjoy the seasons as they roll . They repose upon the bank and beneath the shade of the tree ; they receive their nourishment from ...
... storm . The sense of beauty and of grandeur is peculiar to man . The herd in common with him sensually enjoy the seasons as they roll . They repose upon the bank and beneath the shade of the tree ; they receive their nourishment from ...
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... storm can stay the thunder of her wings , O'er fields of blood she takes her wandering flight , And calls from Death the shrieking ghosts of Night . When Homer wrote no critic's laws confin'd , The outstretch'd genius of his soaring ...
... storm can stay the thunder of her wings , O'er fields of blood she takes her wandering flight , And calls from Death the shrieking ghosts of Night . When Homer wrote no critic's laws confin'd , The outstretch'd genius of his soaring ...
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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