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 xi
... throne of God . Literature , on the rugged journey of life , scatters flowers ; it overshadows the path of the weary , and refreshes the desert with its streams , He who is prone to sensual pursuits , may seek his joy in the acquirement ...
... throne of God . Literature , on the rugged journey of life , scatters flowers ; it overshadows the path of the weary , and refreshes the desert with its streams , He who is prone to sensual pursuits , may seek his joy in the acquirement ...
Page 33
... throne , His * To Dr. Johnson Literature is probably more generally indebted than to any other author which England has pro- duced . His was one of those stupendous minds which is the proper subject of wonder . His weaknesses , which ...
... throne , His * To Dr. Johnson Literature is probably more generally indebted than to any other author which England has pro- duced . His was one of those stupendous minds which is the proper subject of wonder . His weaknesses , which ...
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... throne . 150 page , See copious Richardson's * consummate art , Rouse every passion of the feeling heart ! Bid Virtue weep o'er mild Clarissa's woes , And virtue smile on Grandison's repose . 160 * Richardson was an author of uncommon ...
... throne . 150 page , See copious Richardson's * consummate art , Rouse every passion of the feeling heart ! Bid Virtue weep o'er mild Clarissa's woes , And virtue smile on Grandison's repose . 160 * Richardson was an author of uncommon ...
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... throne . On Barbauld's verse the circling muses 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 ...
... throne . On Barbauld's verse the circling muses 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 ...
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... throne , the ruthless king of night , Pierc'd his retreat and put his hosts to flight : 40 refinement , therefore , may have been introduced into the works of the moderns , the spirit and invention of Homer have ever continued without a ...
... throne , the ruthless king of night , Pierc'd his retreat and put his hosts to flight : 40 refinement , therefore , may have been introduced into the works of the moderns , the spirit and invention of Homer have ever continued without a ...
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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