CONTENTS.

POWERS of Genius,

Appendix, containing illustrations of Genius.

Midnight Hymn to Deity.

Address to my Taper.

Farewell Song of Ossian.

Address to Hope.

Picture of Morning.

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Epistle to a Friend, with the Poem on the Pow-

ers of Genius

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Argument.

Genius described. Invention, the criterion of Genius. The alliance of Genius with Fancy. Memory, Judgment, and Sympathy. Progress of Genius. The dimacterics of the Wind. Taste and Genius distinguished. Shakspeare's effect, and his neglect of Kules. Alonzo d'Ercilla. Genius produced without cultivation. O sian, Ariosto, Burns. The influence of Climate, and the face of Nature on the Mind. Geographical illustrations. Picture of the Savage. Invocation).