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 viii
... of genius . A spark com- municated excites the most terrible explosion . The greatest river proceeds from the smallest fountain , rolls its waves over a large extent of country , and heaves its billows with the voice of viii THE DESIGN .
... of genius . A spark com- municated excites the most terrible explosion . The greatest river proceeds from the smallest fountain , rolls its waves over a large extent of country , and heaves its billows with the voice of viii THE DESIGN .
Page ix
... voice of the ocean . It is supposed that the fall of an apple to the ground directed Newton to the investigation and discovery of the law of gravitation : that the sound of a smith's hammer gave to Pythagoras the first hint of his ...
... voice of the ocean . It is supposed that the fall of an apple to the ground directed Newton to the investigation and discovery of the law of gravitation : that the sound of a smith's hammer gave to Pythagoras the first hint of his ...
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... voice with shudder- ing accents calls . When years revolving riper knowledge bring And prune the wildness of young Fancy's wing , Then Nature rises in true colours dress'd , We feel her image pictur'd on the breast . Then cold ...
... voice with shudder- ing accents calls . When years revolving riper knowledge bring And prune the wildness of young Fancy's wing , Then Nature rises in true colours dress'd , We feel her image pictur'd on the breast . Then cold ...
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... voice of music meets his willing ear , The tale of sorrow ever claims his tear . These warm impressions speak uncultur'd Taste , Which lives with rustics in the dreary waste ; Which spreads o'er Nature an enrapturing smile , And smooths ...
... voice of music meets his willing ear , The tale of sorrow ever claims his tear . These warm impressions speak uncultur'd Taste , Which lives with rustics in the dreary waste ; Which spreads o'er Nature an enrapturing smile , And smooths ...
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... voice obey'd , And snatch'd that glory which can never fade ; appeared in the world , we will find that they were all writ- ten without attention to the rules or directions of any critic . Milton , though he had Aristotle's writings ...
... voice obey'd , And snatch'd that glory which can never fade ; appeared in the world , we will find that they were all writ- ten without attention to the rules or directions of any critic . Milton , though he had Aristotle's writings ...
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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