The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts |
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Her men of genius struck fire against each other ; and kindled by conflict into
glories which no time can extinguish . We thank Eschuylus for Sophocles and
Parrhasius for Zeuxis ; Emulation for both . That bids us fly the general fault of ...
Her men of genius struck fire against each other ; and kindled by conflict into
glories which no time can extinguish . We thank Eschuylus for Sophocles and
Parrhasius for Zeuxis ; Emulation for both . That bids us fly the general fault of ...
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Unhappy man ! a wretched wigwam ' s shed 361 Is his poor shelter , some dry
skins his bed ; Sometimes alone upon the woodless height He strikes his fire and
spends his watchful night ; His dog with howling bays the moon ' s red - beam ...
Unhappy man ! a wretched wigwam ' s shed 361 Is his poor shelter , some dry
skins his bed ; Sometimes alone upon the woodless height He strikes his fire and
spends his watchful night ; His dog with howling bays the moon ' s red - beam ...
Էջ 87
This poem is longer than the Iliad ; the characters in it are various and striking ;
the figures bold and animated , and the diction every where sonorous , yet noble ;
polished , yet full of fire . A great profusion of learning has been thrown away by ...
This poem is longer than the Iliad ; the characters in it are various and striking ;
the figures bold and animated , and the diction every where sonorous , yet noble ;
polished , yet full of fire . A great profusion of learning has been thrown away by ...
Էջ 103
... by his finish ' d art , More than Demosthenes controul the heart ; Who bade her
Horace sweep his polish ' d lyre , And youthful Lucan burn with raging fire ; Who
bade her Livy mark the passing age , And Sallust form his fascinating page .
... by his finish ' d art , More than Demosthenes controul the heart ; Who bade her
Horace sweep his polish ' d lyre , And youthful Lucan burn with raging fire ; Who
bade her Livy mark the passing age , And Sallust form his fascinating page .
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The mountains pour ' d their streams of liquid fire , And , like a Giant , fell Disease
arose And blew o ' er earth his pestilential breath . A train of evils followed on his
steps ; There came Misfortune with his iron scythe 70 Dropping with human ...
The mountains pour ' d their streams of liquid fire , And , like a Giant , fell Disease
arose And blew o ' er earth his pestilential breath . A train of evils followed on his
steps ; There came Misfortune with his iron scythe 70 Dropping with human ...
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The Powers of Genius, a poem. (Illustrations of Genius from authors ... John Blair Linn Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1804 |
The Powers of Genius, a poem. (Illustrations of Genius from authors ... John Blair Linn Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1804 |
The Powers of Genius, a poem. (Illustrations of Genius from authors ... John Blair Linn Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1804 |
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Էջ 126 - Nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator!
Էջ 123 - 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.
Էջ 145 - 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 118 - 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 125 - The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Էջ 120 - 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 121 - 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 119 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high ? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood : and where the slain are, there is she.
Էջ 128 - The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves ; There rest, if any rest can harbour there...
Էջ 144 - ... winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her master's second coming; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection.
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| Վերնագիր | The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts |
| Հեղինակ | John Blair Linn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Հրատարակիչ | John Conrad & Company, 1802 |
| Original from | Միչիգանի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 1 Նոյեմբեր 2007 |
| Length | 191 էջ |
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