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 páginas |
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... dwell , Dungeon'd with Night within her gloomy cell . Different in man we see the growth of mind , Onward moves Genius , Dullness stays behind . External causes lead to different ways , When passion prompts the ready mind obeys . Some ...
... dwell , Dungeon'd with Night within her gloomy cell . Different in man we see the growth of mind , Onward moves Genius , Dullness stays behind . External causes lead to different ways , When passion prompts the ready mind obeys . Some ...
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... dwell , To call past life from Memory's darken'd cell . Firm in opinions she maintains her course While Opposition spends in vain its force ; All her attainments cease --- she bids no more Invention labour in pursuit of lore ; 150 159 ...
... dwell , To call past life from Memory's darken'd cell . Firm in opinions she maintains her course While Opposition spends in vain its force ; All her attainments cease --- she bids no more Invention labour in pursuit of lore ; 150 159 ...
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... dwell , Where sounds the sweetest her enchanting shell ? Do climates change the bias of the mind , Are all her powers by earth or air inclin'd ? ---- Seldom will Genius dwell with unsun'd snows , Or on the lap of burning heat repose ...
... dwell , Where sounds the sweetest her enchanting shell ? Do climates change the bias of the mind , Are all her powers by earth or air inclin'd ? ---- Seldom will Genius dwell with unsun'd snows , Or on the lap of burning heat repose ...
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... dwell , Wrapt in their furs they slumber life away And mimic with their lamps the light of day ---- Chill thro ' his trackless pines the hunter pass'd ,, His yell arose upon the howling blast : Before him fled with all the speed of fear ...
... dwell , Wrapt in their furs they slumber life away And mimic with their lamps the light of day ---- Chill thro ' his trackless pines the hunter pass'd ,, His yell arose upon the howling blast : Before him fled with all the speed of fear ...
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... dwell Or sleep'st thou in the Hermit's cell ? Or dost thou seek the Peasant's shed To bless his crust to bless his bed ? Or dost thou o'er the Sailor boy Wave thy light wings in wanton joy ; And when he climbs the top - mast high Dart ...
... dwell Or sleep'st thou in the Hermit's cell ? Or dost thou seek the Peasant's shed To bless his crust to bless his bed ? Or dost thou o'er the Sailor boy Wave thy light wings in wanton joy ; And when he climbs the top - mast high Dart ...
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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 fame Fancy Fingal fire footsteps Gallileo Genius give gloomy glory Greece head hear heart heaven Henry Fielding honours 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 repose rise roll Rome rous'd Sappho says scene shades Shakespeare shew Sir William Jones sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit spread storm strain stream sublimity sword taste tears tempest terror thee thou thoughts thro throne thunder tion toil truth vale Vaucluse wandering waves wild winds wings writers youth
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Página 98 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 90 - 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.
Página 92 - 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.
Página 91 - 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?
Página 112 - 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...
Página 94 - 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. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Página 92 - Princes shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Página 92 - The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God : even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Página 89 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy...
Página 89 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the Earth; it hath raised up from their thrones >11 the kings of the nations.