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" 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; Ere mountains, woods, or streams adorn'd... "
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 217
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The Pleasures of Imagination

Mark Akenside - 1818 - 210 pages
...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 60 The moon suspended her serener lamp ; • . , Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'd the globe,...
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The pleasures of imagination. Barbauld

Mark Akenside - 1818 - 216 pages
...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 60 The moon suspended her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'd the globe. Or wisdom...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...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...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...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...the Divine Mind, the Origin of every Quality pleasing to the Imagination. ERE the radiant sun Sprung from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The moon...her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, or streams adorned the globe, Or wisdom taught the sons of men her lore, Then liv'd th' Almighty One : then deep...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 8

John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...Heaven doThe 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...her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'dthe globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men her lore ; Then liv'd th' almighty One : then, deep...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 14

1854 - 1112 pages
...Pleasures of Imagination," and wrought into one of his most beautiful and effective passages : — " Ere the radiant sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid...her serener lamp :, Ere mountains, woods, or streams adorn' d the globe, Or wisdom taught the sons of men her lore, — Then lired the' Almighty One ; then,...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Thomas Brown - 1822 - 552 pages
...the genius of ancient Greece, and who was worthy of the inspiring presence of that majestic guide : " Ere the radiant sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The moon suspended her screner lamp ! Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...love, and beauty, and poetic joy, And inspiration. Ere the radiant Sun, Sprang from the east, or 'midst the vault of night The Moon suspended her serener...globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men her lore ; Then liv'd th' almighty One ; then, deep retir'd In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 1

Charles Bucke - 1823 - 352 pages
...the vault of night, The moon suspended her sereuer lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorned the globe, Or wisdom taught the sons of men her lore; Then lived the ALMIGHTY ONEI:—Then deep, retired, In his unfathomed essence, view'd the forms, ' Tin's passage seems to have...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 4

Charles Bucke - 1823 - 474 pages
...with all the sublimity of Milton and Lucretius, • Ere the radiant sun Sprung from the east, or midst the vault of night, The moon suspended her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, or streams, adorned the globe, Or wisdom taught the sons of men her lore ; Then lived the ALMIGHTY ONE':— Then...
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