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 էջ |
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... wings on which Invention soars And untried regions of the world explores . With ease she varies her enchanting forms , Now roves thro ' peaceful meads , now flies with storms : Now her fair fingers kiss the shepherd's reed , And now she ...
... wings on which Invention soars And untried regions of the world explores . With ease she varies her enchanting forms , Now roves thro ' peaceful meads , now flies with storms : Now her fair fingers kiss the shepherd's reed , And now she ...
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... wings of wavering Fancy fly While some in seas of metaphysics pry . When first we enter life's deceitful scene , Gaze on the sun and tread the lively green , All Nature's objects meet our busy eyes With equal pleasure , with the same ...
... wings of wavering Fancy fly While some in seas of metaphysics pry . When first we enter life's deceitful scene , Gaze on the sun and tread the lively green , All Nature's objects meet our busy eyes With equal pleasure , with the same ...
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... wing , Then Nature rises in true colours dress'd , We feel her image pictur'd on the breast . Then cold , disgusted at fair Falshood's charms , We throw the wanton from our vigorous arms ; Press to our hearts the lovely form of Truth ...
... wing , Then Nature rises in true colours dress'd , We feel her image pictur'd on the breast . Then cold , disgusted at fair Falshood's charms , We throw the wanton from our vigorous arms ; Press to our hearts the lovely form of Truth ...
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... wings , O'er fields of blood she takes her wandering flight , And calls from Death the shrieking ghosts of Night . When Homer wrote no critic's laws confin'd , The outstretch'd genius of his soaring mind ; He look'd on Nature , Nature's ...
... wings , O'er fields of blood she takes her wandering flight , And calls from Death the shrieking ghosts of Night . When Homer wrote no critic's laws confin'd , The outstretch'd genius of his soaring mind ; He look'd on Nature , Nature's ...
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... wings . His immense bark could float on no other waves than those of the ocean . mighty arm would wield no sword but that of Orlando , which fell upon the foe like the thunder of heaven . In genius , Ariosto is much superior to his ...
... wings . His immense bark could float on no other waves than those of the ocean . mighty arm would wield no sword but that of Orlando , which fell upon the foe like the thunder of heaven . In genius , Ariosto is much superior to his ...
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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 fame Fancy Fingal fire footsteps Gallileo Genius give gloomy glory Greece head hear heart heaven Henry Fielding honours 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 repose rise roll Rome rous'd Sappho says scene shades Shakespeare shew Sir William Jones sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit spread storm strain stream sublimity sword taste tears tempest terror thee thou thoughts thro throne thunder tion toil truth vale Vaucluse wandering waves wild winds wings writers youth
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Էջ 98 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Էջ 90 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Էջ 92 - O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Էջ 91 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Էջ 112 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Էջ 94 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Էջ 92 - Princes shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Էջ 92 - The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God : even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Էջ 89 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy...
Էջ 89 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the Earth; it hath raised up from their thrones >11 the kings of the nations.