To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold... Select British Classics - Strana 1631803Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1821 - Počet stránok 436
...Oct.3, 1821. THE DRAMATIST. No. I. BY G. CREED. 1 To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind...For this the TRAGIC MUSE first trod the stage."— THROUGHOUT the whole circle of human inventions and institutions, there is no one (generally speaking)... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - Počet stránok 844
...the stage should be, to be useful to man : — To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind...first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age; Tyrants no more their savage nature keep, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they weep. A profound... | |
| British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 276
...these are thine. PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind,...Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age : Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 426
...introduce. PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO* To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind,...behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding tears to stream through ev'ry age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 428
...introduce. PROLOGUE MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO*. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind,...behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding tears to stream through ev'ry age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - Počet stránok 508
...earnests of the work itself, which will be printed within a few days. PROLOGUE TO CATO. BY MR. POPE. Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For...first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And, foes to virtue, wonder'jd how they wept.... | |
| Plutarch - 1822 - Počet stránok 388
...Addison's Cato, where he represents the sudden operation of ihis feeling excited by the tragic muse : Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd why they wept. Of his Lives, likewise, several are unfortunately lost. but two, more especially, demand... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1823 - Počet stránok 470
...PRoLoGUE To CATo. BY MR. PoPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILIS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind,...Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - Počet stránok 762
...PROLOGUE TO CATO. BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY Mil. WILKS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind,...first trod the stage, ' Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - Počet stránok 396
...sack. XIV. — Prologue to the Tragedy of Cato. TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart, . To make mankind...muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue, wonder'd how they... | |
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