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 iv
... written tracts on hus- bandry . Lucretius has written a poem on nature . Virgil's Georgics deliver useful directions to rural life . Horace , Vida , and Boileau have taught iv PREFACE .
... written tracts on hus- bandry . Lucretius has written a poem on nature . Virgil's Georgics deliver useful directions to rural life . Horace , Vida , and Boileau have taught iv PREFACE .
Page xiii
... written with an ho- nest intention , during those moments of leisure , in which he could withdraw from the severer stu- dies of his profession . If literature and morals are not benefitted by this effort ; it will not be disgraceful to ...
... written with an ho- nest intention , during those moments of leisure , in which he could withdraw from the severer stu- dies of his profession . If literature and morals are not benefitted by this effort ; it will not be disgraceful to ...
Page 14
... written before the art of poetry existed .--- " Imitation ( says Dr. Young ) is inferiority co nfessed emulation is superiority contested or denied ; imitation is servile , emulation generous ; that fetters , this fires ; that may give ...
... written before the art of poetry existed .--- " Imitation ( says Dr. Young ) is inferiority co nfessed emulation is superiority contested or denied ; imitation is servile , emulation generous ; that fetters , this fires ; that may give ...
Page 15
... written concerning this wonderful man , that no one can add to his praises , and no one without arrogance can attempt to detract from them . In the list of Genius , Shakespeare is , perhaps , the brightest His superiority of invention ...
... written concerning this wonderful man , that no one can add to his praises , and no one without arrogance can attempt to detract from them . In the list of Genius , Shakespeare is , perhaps , the brightest His superiority of invention ...
Page 17
... written upon leather and upon the bark of trees . He has introduced much fire in his battles . His poem is as wild as the nations who are the subject , and dis- covers great copiousness and strength of imagination . moon . с Ossian ...
... written upon leather and upon the bark of trees . He has introduced much fire in his battles . His poem is as wild as the nations who are the subject , and dis- covers great copiousness and strength of imagination . moon . с Ossian ...
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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