Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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Page 60
... genius , for genius is nothing but this natural action of the mind ren- dering obedient to itself by a higher principle those objects to whose power it might otherwise have been subjected . This it was that enabled him like a boy 66 to ...
... genius , for genius is nothing but this natural action of the mind ren- dering obedient to itself by a higher principle those objects to whose power it might otherwise have been subjected . This it was that enabled him like a boy 66 to ...
Page 73
... genius her erring , though innocent child ; and genius shall follow in love her maternal guidance . The few that have appeared first shall then seem last ; and the last shall be seen to be first . Each soul shall show in its varied ...
... genius her erring , though innocent child ; and genius shall follow in love her maternal guidance . The few that have appeared first shall then seem last ; and the last shall be seen to be first . Each soul shall show in its varied ...
Page 81
... genius , must , in far the most numerous of his days and years , have been possessed by it . Lost in wonder at the countless beings that thronged uncalled the palace of his soul , and dwelt beneath its " majestical roof fretted with ...
... genius , must , in far the most numerous of his days and years , have been possessed by it . Lost in wonder at the countless beings that thronged uncalled the palace of his soul , and dwelt beneath its " majestical roof fretted with ...
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admiration Aristotle beauty become beneath bloom bosom Boston breast breath bright child childlike Christ Christian consciousness creations dæmon dark death Divine doth earth ence endeavor to show epic interest epic poem epic poetry eternal exhibit existence Father feel felt flower forever free agency genius gift give Hamlet hand Harfleur hast hear heart heaven heroes heroic character heroic spirit Homer hour human mind Iliad impulse influence JAMES BROWN light live look Lucan Macbeth Menelaus Milton motive Nathaniel Parker natural action never night o'er objects onward ourselves outward Paradise Lost perfect play poet poet's Polonius possessed praise present rejoice rendered rest robes seems selfishness sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's mind song soul speak stand strange stream strongly sweet tell thee thine things thou thought tion tism tongue tree uncon unconscious utter Virgil visible voice wind wonder words