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Էջ 37
Only an age can give a giant birth , Then more than earthquakes shake the solid
earth . Taste is confin ' d to rules , it moves in chains , Genius those fetters and
those rules disdains ; * 200 Then Milton had indeed a poet ' s charms : New to my
...
Only an age can give a giant birth , Then more than earthquakes shake the solid
earth . Taste is confin ' d to rules , it moves in chains , Genius those fetters and
those rules disdains ; * 200 Then Milton had indeed a poet ' s charms : New to my
...
Էջ 57
Crown ' d with th ' applauses of imperial Rome , He turns his footsteps toward his
native home ; There gives to Wisdom all his studious hours , And gives
expansion to his mighty powers ; At length prepar ' d , he spreads his wings for
flight And ...
Crown ' d with th ' applauses of imperial Rome , He turns his footsteps toward his
native home ; There gives to Wisdom all his studious hours , And gives
expansion to his mighty powers ; At length prepar ' d , he spreads his wings for
flight And ...
Էջ 75
It is very possible that two and two make four , but I would not give four farthings
to demonstrate this ever so clearly ; and if these be the profits of life , give me the
amusements of it . ” Perhaps the three modern writers who possessed the most ...
It is very possible that two and two make four , but I would not give four farthings
to demonstrate this ever so clearly ; and if these be the profits of life , give me the
amusements of it . ” Perhaps the three modern writers who possessed the most ...
Էջ 76
To one she gives the sov ' reign power to trace The planet , wheeling thro ' the
worlds of space ; She digs with chymists in the deepest caves , And bounds with
seamen o ' er the distant waves ; To one she gives the microscopic eye To scan ...
To one she gives the sov ' reign power to trace The planet , wheeling thro ' the
worlds of space ; She digs with chymists in the deepest caves , And bounds with
seamen o ' er the distant waves ; To one she gives the microscopic eye To scan ...
Էջ 159
The solemn bell repeats another hour , And gives it to the numbers that have
pass ' d . I sit alone : But there ' s an eye beholds me , To which the darkness is
the noon of day . 10 To thee my God , I give these solemn thoughts , And seek thy
...
The solemn bell repeats another hour , And gives it to the numbers that have
pass ' d . I sit alone : But there ' s an eye beholds me , To which the darkness is
the noon of day . 10 To thee my God , I give these solemn thoughts , And seek thy
...
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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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