Excerpt from British Genius, a Vision: With Other Poems Extraordinary premature abilities of, and sympathy for, the latter expressed - Advancing through the Temple, the he holder perceives swift; hears the solemnity of gray; the sweetness of goldsmith and shens'bone, and the varied notes of collins - Here are many of the minor poets, whose strains, though not exalted and sublime, yet tend to barmo nize the Scene - dermody - savage; unnatural cruelty of his Mother censured - Arrived where the Poets of Scotland are assembled, the beholder is delighted with the harmony Of thomson, ramsay, falconer, beat'he, and bruce. 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.