Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VOTIVE TABLETS: GENIUS, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER


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VOTIVE TABLETS: GENIUS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Intellect can repeat what's been fulfill'd
Last Line: In nature's kingdom nature to enlarge!
Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von
Subject(s): Genius; Nature


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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