GENIUS

Intellect can repeat what's been fulfill'd,
And, aping Nature, as she buildeth--build;
O'er Nature's base can haughty Reason dare
To pile its lofty castle--in the air.
But only thine, O Genius, is the charge,
In Nature's kingdom Nature to enlarge!

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THE IMITATOR

Good out of good--that art is known to all--
But Genius from the bad the good can call;
Then, Mimic, not from leading-strings escaped,
Work'st but the matter that's already shaped
The already-shaped a nobler hand awaits--
All matter asks a Spirit that _creates!_

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CORRECTNESS

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