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 iv
... striking effect ; so in a poem of the didactic nature , the arguments should be arranged so as best to up- hold the doctrines maintained ; and the sentiments and illustrations should follow each other in that or- der which experience ...
... striking effect ; so in a poem of the didactic nature , the arguments should be arranged so as best to up- hold the doctrines maintained ; and the sentiments and illustrations should follow each other in that or- der which experience ...
Page xiii
... striking and confirming ex- amples of the doctrines which he has advanced . The notes have been added to explain passages which may be doubtful , and to support general assertions which may require some confirmation . Prosaical ...
... striking and confirming ex- amples of the doctrines which he has advanced . The notes have been added to explain passages which may be doubtful , and to support general assertions which may require some confirmation . Prosaical ...
Page 41
... striking : I need only instance his picture of Omai --- the Woodman and his Dog --- Crazy Kate and Mysagathus .--- His principal faults are his want of connection throughout his poem , and his not attending sufficiently to the harmony ...
... striking : I need only instance his picture of Omai --- the Woodman and his Dog --- Crazy Kate and Mysagathus .--- His principal faults are his want of connection throughout his poem , and his not attending sufficiently to the harmony ...
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... strike her lyric string , And bear young Pindar on her eagle wing . -With " Lion port " and with a nervous hand , Eliza sway'd the sceptre of her land . 239 grace . -Nurs'd on the bosom of luxurious France , The queen of Scotland led ...
... strike her lyric string , And bear young Pindar on her eagle wing . -With " Lion port " and with a nervous hand , Eliza sway'd the sceptre of her land . 239 grace . -Nurs'd on the bosom of luxurious France , The queen of Scotland led ...
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... striking --- Cicero , the first name on the page of antiquity , failed in his attempts at poetry .--- Archimedes , whose name may stand for a large class devoted to mathematics , had little taste for any other branch of literature ...
... striking --- Cicero , the first name on the page of antiquity , failed in his attempts at poetry .--- Archimedes , whose name may stand for a large class devoted to mathematics , had little taste for any other branch of literature ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 92 - Princes shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Page 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.
Page 89 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy...
Page 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.