 | English essays - 1821 - 712 pages
...tries. I REMARKS ON THE SPONTANEOUS DISPLAY OP NATIVB GENIUS. T was finely said by Akenside, — " from Heaven descends The flame of Genius to the human breast;" and it has been generally acknowledged that the aspirations of true Genius, if they have been regulated... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...profound recess. Where never poet gain'da wreath before. 55 From heav'n my strains begin ; from heav'n descends The flame of genius to the human breast,...and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun Sprung from the east, or 'mid the vault of night 60 The moon suspended her serener lamp ; Ere mountains,... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1804 - 206 pages
...recess, Where never poet gain'da wreath before. 55 /From Heav'n my strains begin ; from Heav'n descends i The flame of genius to the human breast, And love,...sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night 60 The moon suspended her serener lamp, Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...dwelt, and God himself, with man I TROMSOK. CHAP. XXIX. Genius. JT ROM heav'n my strains begin. ; from descends The flame of Genius to the human breast ,...And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun Sprang from the »ast , or'inid the vault of night Tne moon suspended her serener lamp ; • Ere in Mini ;iins , -woods... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...; and to view the joyous scene. On GENIU s. (AKEKSIDE.J FROTM Heav'n my strains begin ; from Heav'n descends The flame of genius to the human breast,....poetic joy, And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun * Polvoryn, a ruinous castle In Montgomeryshire, on the banks uf lh» Severn. Sprang from the east,... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1807 - 254 pages
...peace, jj5 Or public zeal, may then thy mind well-pleas'd Recal these happy studies of our prime. From heaven my strains begin : from heaven descends The flame of genius to the chosen breast, And beauty with poetic wonder joiu'd, 100 Within his own deep essence view'd the forms,... | |
 | Mark Akenside, Thomas Park - 1808 - 358 pages
...flowers Cull'd from die laureate vale's profound recess, Where never poet gam'da wreath before. From Heaven my strains begin ; from Heaven descends The...suspended her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, orstreams adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men her lore ; Then liv'd the' Almighty One... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...unfading flowers, Cull'd from the laureate male's profound recess, Where never poet gain'da wreath before. And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun Sprang from the...globe, Or wisdom taught the sons of men her lore ; Then liv'd the almighty One : then, deep retir'd In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...and God himself, with man ! ^ THOMSON. CHAP. XXIX. GENIUS. FROM heav'n my strains begin ; from heav'n descends The flame of genius to the human breast,...and beauty, and poetic joy .And inspiration. Ere the radient sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The moon suspended her serener lamp ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...breast, [scends And love and ibcanty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant Sun 59 ?£>гап£ from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The Moon suspended her serener lamp; f re mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'd the globe, 1 т \V\-dnm taught the sons of men her lore;... | |
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From Heaven my strains begin; from Heaven descends The flame of genius to the human breast, And love and beauty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant Sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The Moon suspended her serener lamp ;... 
