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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... Thou murmuring breeze ! O bear upon thy wing That strain , which flows from Petrarch's * mournful string . 120 pastorals have little more to recommend them than their smoothness of versification . The writer who approaches nearest to ...
... Thou murmuring breeze ! O bear upon thy wing That strain , which flows from Petrarch's * mournful string . 120 pastorals have little more to recommend them than their smoothness of versification . The writer who approaches nearest to ...
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... Soon after , writing to a friend , he says , " These laurels which encircled my head were too green ; had I been of riper age and understanding I would Petrarch . Thou stream of Time ! bear in thy 38 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
... Soon after , writing to a friend , he says , " These laurels which encircled my head were too green ; had I been of riper age and understanding I would Petrarch . Thou stream of Time ! bear in thy 38 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
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A Poem, in Three Parts John Blair Linn. Petrarch . Thou stream of Time ! bear in thy course , along , The early lustre of Italian song ! not have sought them . Old men love only what is useful ; young men run after appearances , without ...
A Poem, in Three Parts John Blair Linn. Petrarch . Thou stream of Time ! bear in thy course , along , The early lustre of Italian song ! not have sought them . Old men love only what is useful ; young men run after appearances , without ...
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... Thou tyrant of the heart , sublime Rousseau ! Thou son of Genius , and thou sport of Woe ! Why did not virtue prompt thy wond'rous And purest love repress thy lawless rage ? Thine Eloisa then had reign'd alone , And held the sceptre of ...
... Thou tyrant of the heart , sublime Rousseau ! Thou son of Genius , and thou sport of Woe ! Why did not virtue prompt thy wond'rous And purest love repress thy lawless rage ? Thine Eloisa then had reign'd alone , And held the sceptre of ...
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... thou , Mary , † doom'd so soon to bleed ? * It is said that Corinna was the instructor of Pindar ; and often , in competition with him , bore away the prize . ↑ Who does not wish to vindicate the character of Mary , queen of Scots ...
... thou , Mary , † doom'd so soon to bleed ? * It is said that Corinna was the instructor of Pindar ; and often , in competition with him , bore away the prize . ↑ Who does not wish to vindicate the character of Mary , queen of Scots ...
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