The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts |
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Like prosaical compositions it delivers the rules and the lessons of knowledge ,
while it borrows the harmony and images of measured numbers . It has been
generally considered as that species of poetry , in which it is most difficult to excel
.
Like prosaical compositions it delivers the rules and the lessons of knowledge ,
while it borrows the harmony and images of measured numbers . It has been
generally considered as that species of poetry , in which it is most difficult to excel
.
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... has been called passive genius . It is necessary to direct the wild sallies of
imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more
generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation
and rules.
... has been called passive genius . It is necessary to direct the wild sallies of
imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more
generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation
and rules.
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... and distinguishes precisely wherein those defects consist , and how far they
are removed from the strict rules of art and the real beauties of nature . This
happy faculty which it is more easy to conceive than de . fine , is less the effect of
genius ...
... and distinguishes precisely wherein those defects consist , and how far they
are removed from the strict rules of art and the real beauties of nature . This
happy faculty which it is more easy to conceive than de . fine , is less the effect of
genius ...
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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 taste
his Paradise surpass ' d The struggling efforts of my boyish tongue To speak its ...
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 taste
his Paradise surpass ' d The struggling efforts of my boyish tongue To speak its ...
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His flight is regulated by no rules . He soars beyond the reach of criticism * Burns
to an exquisite sensibility united a power of description , not inferior to that of the
author of the Seasons . His scanty information , however , repressed the ...
His flight is regulated by no rules . He soars beyond the reach of criticism * Burns
to an exquisite sensibility united a power of description , not inferior to that of the
author of the Seasons . His scanty information , however , repressed the ...
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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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