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 - American poetry - 155 pages |
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Page viii
... ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy of taste to calmness and sedateness ; hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every passion --but seldom delicacy of taste . " The greatest ...
... ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy of taste to calmness and sedateness ; hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every passion --but seldom delicacy of taste . " The greatest ...
Page xi
... says Ci- cero , " afford nourishment to our youth , delight our old age , adorn prosperity , supply a refuge in adversity , are a constant source of pleasure at home , are no impediment while abroad , attend us in the season of the ...
... says Ci- cero , " afford nourishment to our youth , delight our old age , adorn prosperity , supply a refuge in adversity , are a constant source of pleasure at home , are no impediment while abroad , attend us in the season of the ...
Page xvii
... Burns . The influence of Climate and the face of Nature on the Mind . Geographical illustrations . Picture of the Savage . Invocation . THE Powers of Genius . Origin of Genius . SAY. Zub June 21004 , by T. Est , Paternoster Row . PART.I.
... Burns . The influence of Climate and the face of Nature on the Mind . Geographical illustrations . Picture of the Savage . Invocation . THE Powers of Genius . Origin of Genius . SAY. Zub June 21004 , by T. Est , Paternoster Row . PART.I.
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... SAY what is Genius ? words can ne'er define That power which springs from origin divine ; Genius we know by her ... say the astrologers ; on the organs of the body , say the B Genius allied to Invention and Fancy . It sweeps with POWERS ...
... SAY what is Genius ? words can ne'er define That power which springs from origin divine ; Genius we know by her ... say the astrologers ; on the organs of the body , say the B Genius allied to Invention and Fancy . It sweeps with POWERS ...
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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 elegant fame Fancy Fingal fire footsteps Gallileo Genius give gloom glory Greece head hear heart heaven Henry Fielding honours Hope 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 POWERS OF GENIUS repose rise roll Rome rous'd Sappho says scenes shades Shakespeare shew Sir William Jones smile song sorrow soul spirit spread storm strain stream sublimity sword taste tears terror thee thou thoughts thro throne thunder tion toil truth vale Vaucluse wandering waves wild winds wings youth