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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... meet with works of great inven- tion , abounding with errors : the defect then , is not in the genius , but in the assisting powers . Taste has been called passive genius . It is ne- cessary to direct the wild sallies of imagination ...
... meet with works of great inven- tion , abounding with errors : the defect then , is not in the genius , but in the assisting powers . Taste has been called passive genius . It is ne- cessary to direct the wild sallies of imagination ...
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... meet our busy eyes With equal pleasure , with the same surprise . The same excitements chill our soul with fear , The same afflictions draw the melting tear ; 81 91 Its Progress . The same gay prospects kindle warm desire 6 THE POWERS ...
... meet our busy eyes With equal pleasure , with the same surprise . The same excitements chill our soul with fear , The same afflictions draw the melting tear ; 81 91 Its Progress . The same gay prospects kindle warm desire 6 THE POWERS ...
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... meets his willing ear , The tale of sorrow ever claims his tear . These warm impressions speak uncultur'd Taste , Which lives with rustics in the dreary waste ; Which spreads o'er Nature an enrapturing smile , And smooths for man the ...
... meets his willing ear , The tale of sorrow ever claims his tear . These warm impressions speak uncultur'd Taste , Which lives with rustics in the dreary waste ; Which spreads o'er Nature an enrapturing smile , And smooths for man the ...
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... meets the breath of morn ; O'er the still heath the meteors dart their light And round him sweep the mournful blasts of Night . O voice of Cona , bard of other times , May thy bold spirit visit these dull climes ! May the brave ...
... meets the breath of morn ; O'er the still heath the meteors dart their light And round him sweep the mournful blasts of Night . O voice of Cona , bard of other times , May thy bold spirit visit these dull climes ! May the brave ...
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... meet And form in him a character complete . Throughout his isle the candidates for fame Bow with just reverence at his mighty name . When he the Poet's life sublimely draws , The world grows wise from his poetic laws . Whene'er he ...
... meet And form in him a character complete . Throughout his isle the candidates for fame Bow with just reverence at his mighty name . When he the Poet's life sublimely draws , The world grows wise from his poetic laws . Whene'er he ...
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