Imagination

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Excerpt from Imagination: And Other Poems T he general Argument supposes the universal existence of Imagination. The Poem opens with the invocation to and the description and power of Imagination - her existence prior to the Creation - in Paradise, her in¿uence in tempting Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit in the confusron of Cam - in inspiring the angels wrth love for the daughters of Even - the Deluge - her power to overcome In the minds of men the threatened wrath of God - the subsidence of the Deluge - her Influence in producing Wine - in raising the tower of Babel - ih sus taining the Israelites to the land of Canaan, and inducing Pharaoh to pursue - her power through the past, In the dark ages, and upon the future - in the recollections of the mind - her In¿uence upon charity in dreams - several dreams described - the ascent of the mountain description of the feelings arising thereon her power in romance, and over the mlnds of men to thel'r death - ln promoting poetry, astronomy, painting, poesy - Science and philosophy - over the antiquarian - music - liberty - eloquence - in the suppressron of war, and hope of peace for the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.