...inspiration of Genius, finding out where he inhabits, and where he is to be invoked with the greatest success ; of attending to times and seasons when the...poets writing from the dictates of a little winged boy o 3 ' I 196 THE SEVENTH DISCOURSE. or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper...

...solstice or the vernal equinox; sagaciously observing how much the wild freedom and liberty of imaginatien is cramped by attention to established rules ; and...those which were produced in his more youthful days. t To understand literally these metaphors of ideas expressed in poetical' language', seems to be equally...

...his latter life. But I am persuaded, " that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer clown to '' Dr} den, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, "...which were produced in his more "youthful days."* After all, however, it cannot be denied, that the differences among individuals, in the natural history...

...latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet " is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, " who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and "...with " the fire of imagination, as those which were pro" duced in his more youthful days." * After all, however, it cannot be denied, that the differences...

...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...represent poets writing from the dictates of a little o 2 winged boy or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper what he was to write...

...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...represent poets writing from the dictates of a little o 2 winged boy or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper what be was to write...

...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...those which were produced in his more youthful days." Seventh Discourse, vol. i of bis collected Works. The same opinion is maintained by Mr. Stewart in...

...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...fire of imagination, as those which were produced m his more youthful days. i To understand literally these metaphors, or ideas expressed in poetical...

...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued practising his profession to the very last, J whose latter works are not as replete with the fire of imagination, as those which were produced...

...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...those which were produced in his more youthful days." * After all, however, it cannot be denied, that the differences among individuals, in the natural history...