Excerpt from Fifth Work of Original Poems: And the Second Designated the Privilege of Man
As an Author of Original Poems, I beg most respectfully to address myself, to a judicious and discerning class of intellectual beings; who have read, and thus know well the general and accustomed track wherein our much beloved and honoured Bards of ancient date for centuries have trod, and those of modern times, base imitators of the same, no better style or matter can produce. In consequence of which the noble mind of man feels satiate, and disgusted at the non-improvement of a science so delightful in itself, harmonious, and sublime! Full thirty years have I closely watched their rife, though retrospective movement; and now, for reasons similar, though not in egotistic mood, methinks a new creation springs; yet captious minds may say, no better than the rest; nordo I here presume they are, where narrow and contracted intellect presides, which cannot comprehend the height, and depth, therein contained. Poetic genius is a natural gift, by heaven matured. The works of Pope and Milton are sublime, and bear the stamp of immortality! which some would vainly Idolize, and never think or dare to go beyond. With deference due, I boldly state, in this they err, for who would place a limit to the souls expansion and improvement? Though these and others, quite as. noble in their sentiment may thus be termed good and standard works. Yet gross is the idea which many do imbibe, that where they stand, is quite the top of intellect, to which we never can attain; nor ever need to try.
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