 | 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, Thomas Park - 1808 - 358 pages
...unfading 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...vault of night The moon suspended her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, orstreams adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men her lore ; Then... | |
 | 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...vault of night The moon suspended her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'd the globe, Or wisdom taught the sons of men her lore ;... | |
 | 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;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...the human breast, [scends And love and beauty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant Sun 59 Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The Moon suspended her serencr lamp; Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men... | |
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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 ;... 
