 The painter dead, yet still he charms the eye; While England lives, his fame can never die: But he who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce extend his fame for half an age; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor save, The art, and artist, share one common...  The Port folio, by Oliver Oldschool - Page 71Full view - About this book
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1928 - 386 pages
...fame can never die; But he, who slruts his hour upon the slage, Can scarce protract his fame through half an age ; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor save ; The art and artist have one common grave. Colley Cibber, too, in his portrait (if I remember right) of Betterton, breaks... | |
 | Otis Skinner - 1928 - 336 pages
...observed: " 'But he who struts his hour upon the stage Can scarce extend his fame for half an age; No pen nor pencil can the actor save, The art and artist share one common grave.' " VI THE DELECTABfeE DOEA JORDAN VI THE DELECTABLE DORA JORDAN WHEN this lively little lady emerged... | |
 | Otis Skinner - 1928 - 336 pages
...recollected many years beyond the time he lived, for as Garrick observed: " 'But he who struts his hour upon the stage Can scarce extend his fame for half an age; No pen nor pencil can the actor save, The art and artist share one common grave.' " VI THE DELECTABLE... | |
 | Thomas Davies - 1969 - 836 pages
...fame can never die; But he, who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce protract his fame thro' half an age ; Nor pen, nor pencil, can the actor save ; The art and artist have one common grave. O let me drop one tributary tear On poor Jack Falstaff"s urn, and Juliet's bier... | |
 | E. R. Wood - 1982 - 236 pages
...dead, yet still he charms the eye; While England lives, his fame can never die: But he who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce extend his fame for...grave. O let me drop one tributary tear On poor Jack Falstaff's grave, and Juliet's bier! You to their worth must testimony give; Tis in your hearts alone... | |
 | Shearer West - 1991 - 214 pages
...fame can never die; But he, who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce protract his fame through half an age; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor save; The art and artist have one common grave. thus became an often-expressed wish, but one which could not be satisfied completely,... | |
 | David Garrick, George Colman, the elder - 1995 - 248 pages
...dead, yet still he charms the Eye; While England lives, his Fame can never die: But he who struts his Hour upon the Stage Can scarce extend his Fame for Half an Age; 20 Nor Pen nor Pencil can the Actor save, The Art, and Artist, share one common Grave. 3-4 That each...from... | |
 | Agustín García Calvo - 1997 - 232 pages
...dead, yet still he charms the eye, While England lives, his fame can never die: But he who struts his hour upon the stage; Can scarce extend his fame for half an age; Ñor pen ñor pencil can the actor save, The art, and artist, share one common grave...* 8. Ver David... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 2003 - 434 pages
...RECORDED IN THE THEATRICAL PORTRAITS AT THE GARRICK CLUB DESMOND SHAWE-TAYLOR But he who struts his hour upon the stage Can scarce extend his fame for...an age; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor save, The an and artist share one common grave. (David Garrick, Prologue to The Clandestine Marriage, 1766) 'The... | |
 | 1870 - 868 pages
...lives his fame can never die; But he who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce extend his fume for half an age ; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor...save— The art and artist share one common grave." Gibber, in his " Apology," laments mellifluously, " that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious... | |
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