Also Mary curbed somewhat the extravagance of her praise of Woodville, omitting such hyperboles as "When he appeared a new sun seemed to rise on the day & he had all the benignity of the dispensor of light," and "he seemed to come as the God of the world." [52] This passage beginning "his station was too high" is not in _F of F--A_.
[53] This passage beginning "He was a believer in the divinity of genius" is not in _F of F--A_.

Cf.

the discussion of genius in "Giovanni Villani" (Mary Shelley's essay in _The Liberal_, No.

IV, 1823), including the sentence: "The fixed stars appear to abberate [_sic_]; but it is we that move, not they." It is tempting to conclude that this is a quotation or echo of something which Shelley said, perhaps in conversation with Byron.

I have not found it in any of his published writings.
[54] Is this wishful thinking about Shelley's poetry?
It is well known that a year later Mary remonstrated with Shelley about _The Witch of Atlas_, desiring, as she said in her 1839 note, "that Shelley should increase his popularity....