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jardinsecret888: Memnon’s harp formed a complementary topos to the more familiar Aeolian harp in Romanticism—both being used as metaphor for the active receptivity of the imagination, see Mark Akenside:

LondonGrip: The Life of Mark Akenside: Roger Caldwell commends Barbara Morden’s work in revisiting the life and work of a neglected poet of the 18th century:

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infinita_fiori: the impetuous nerve of passion urges on the native weight and energy of things. akenside, mark. the pleasures of imagination

infinita_fiori: the flame of passion, through the struggling soul / deep-kindled, shows across that sudden blaze / the object of its rapture, vast of size, / with fiercer colours and a night of shade. akenside, mark. 1720-1771

nivelska: Poem a day, Mark Akenside

MarshallSnyde19: "Truth and Good are one; and Beauty dwells in them, and they in her." Mark Akenside.

conbrunstrom: Pleasures of Imagination. Happy Birthday Mark Akenside

NathanFrancis__: Poems:

ubu507: To muse at last, amid the ghostly gloom Of graves, and hoary vaults, and cloistered cells, To walk with spectres thro' the midnight shade, And to the screaming owls accursed song, Attune the dreadful workings of his heart. -- Mark Akenside

TheCardiganKid: "Such and so various are the tastes of men." -Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination, 1744

AuthorWelland: Ooooo, I know what you mean! This is my prized 1922 Chatto and Windus copy of 'Disenchantment' by C E Montague. Plus, my 1818 copy of 'The Pleasures of Imagination' by Mark Akenside.

prontobard: lawless fires kindle at thy flame Mark Akenside 1721-1770

AntigoneJournal: In simpler times, of course, we could just use numbers to rank the poets on the Things That Matter, bung them into a table, and work out once and for all who the best poet was [no spoilers]. Just what's happened to criticism since?! From Mark Akenside, Balance of the Poets, 1746:

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plastic_bio: The man forget not, though in rags he lies,And know the mortal through a crown's disguise. - Mark Akenside

ARTSalamode: "Different minds incline to different objects; one pursues the vast alone, the wonderful, the wild; another sighs for harmony and grace, and gentlest beauty." Mark Akenside

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English poet Mark Akenside (November 9, 1721), author of "Hymn to the Naiads" (1746) et al.

conbrunstrom: Pleasures of Imagination. Happy Birthday Mark Akenside

MaggieMackBooks: Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. Mark Akenside

everybrendan: BEGIN The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside

quotebread: "Such and so various are the tastes of men!" - Mark Akenside

FernandaKMoura1: "To muse at last amid the ghastly gloom, Of graves and hoary vaults, and cloister'd cells; To walk with spectres through the midnight shade." Mark Akenside (1721-1770)

tesssomervell: Did not expect to see Gray on this. And oh hi Mark (Akenside)

KumarSanil7: Mark Akenside As A Pre-Romantic Poet

Bookish54045594: Just saw this on Amazon: Mark Akenside: A Reassessment by Dix, Robin for $133.79

georgedance04: Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog: On the Winter Solstice, by Mark Akenside But lo, on this deserted coast How pale the light! how thick the air! Lo, armed with whirlwind, hail, and frost, Fierce winter desolates the year. [...]

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English poet Mark Akenside (November 9, 1721), author of "Hymn to the Naiads" (1746) et al.

conbrunstrom: Pleasures of Imagination. Happy Birthday Mark Akenside

LondonLitTours: Samuel Johnson on Mark Akenside: "He ...retained an ... outrageous zeal for what he called liberty -- a zeal which ...disguises ...an envious desire for plundering wealth or degrading greatness; ... the immediate tendency is innovation and anarchy, ...to subvert and confound ..."

InlibroV: "Different minds incline to different objects; one pursues the vast alone, the wonderful, the wild; another sighs for harmony and grace, and gentlest beauty." ~ Mark Akenside (1721–1770)

InlibroV: "Thus was beauty sent from heaven, the lovely ministress of truth and good in this dark world." ~ Mark Akenside

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ImaginariumOrg: The Pleasures of the Imagination is a didactic poem by Mark Akenside (1744) defining the powers of imagination and the pleasure derived from beauty; distinguishing imagination from philosophy; and describing the pleasure found in the operations of the mind

philistella: QUARTERFINAL 1 Mark Akenside, "The Pleasures of the Imagination" (1744) vs. Lord Byron, "Don Juan" (1819-24)

philistella: FIFTH MATCH-UP Richard Blackmore, "Prince Arthur" (1695) vs. Mark Akenside, "The Pleasures of the Imagination" (1744)

neeleshmaharaj3: Give me to learn each secret cause; Let number’s figure motion’s laws; Revealed before me stand; These to great Nature’s secret apply, And round the Globe, and through the sky, Disclose her working hand~ Mark Akenside

somequotesbot: "The Providence of heavenHas some peculiar blessing givenTo each allotted state below." - Mark Akenside

Micropoetry27: "O sacred bird, let me at eve, Thus wandering all alone, Thy tender counsel oft receive, Bear witness to thy pensive airs, And pity Nature's common cares Till I forget my own." last stanza of Ode to an Evening Star by Mark Akenside, M.D.

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English poet Mark Akenside (November 9, 1721), author of "Hymn to the Naiads" (1746) et al.

MaggieMackBooks: Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. Mark Akenside

conbrunstrom: Pleasures of Imagination. Happy Birthday Mark Akenside

watchingeye: NOVEMBER NINTH Mark Akenside born 1721. William Sotheby born 1757. Charles F. Thwing born 1853. The victor's road is the easy way. Straight it stretches and climbs to where Fame is waiting with garlands gay...

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slavica_loboda: pulverulent adjective 1. covered with dust or powder 2. consisting of dust or fine powder. Quotes.On shelves pulverulent, majestic stands / His library; in ragged plight, and old; / Replete with many a load of criticism. Mark Akenside, "The Poet," Gentleman's Magazine, July 1737

rhepstein1: (I was checking to see if there was any breaking news about Mark Akenside's poetry.)

somequotesbot: "Adieu, for him,The dull engagements of the bustling world!Adieu the sick impertinence of praise!And hope, and action! for with her alone,By streams and shades, to steal these sighing hours,Is all he asks, and all that fate can give!" - Mark Akenside

kokucenneti: Mark Akenside (Poet) Born: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Date of birth: 1721-11-09

DonaldH11469395: “ Such and so various are the tastes of men.” Mark Akenside [ 1721- 1770 ]

BuyCoins2Day: 1803 Mark Akenside Pleasures of Imagination Illustrated Barbauld Preface