 | Plutarch - 1822 - 388 pages
...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... | |
 | 1823 - 614 pages
...lost " That is not spent in lore." SECRET HISTORY OF THE BRITISH STAGE. To wake the sonl by gentle strokes of art, • , To raise the genius, and to...mend the heart ; To make mankind in conscious virtue hold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold. For this Dramatic Geninstrod the stage. Commanding... | |
 | 1823 - 536 pages
...compelled to suspend his anathema, and confess, that the magic business of the stage may be managed " To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold." The popularity of this tragedy cannot be a subject of surprise — it has all the materials of popularity... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...aspire to her favors, we beg to transcribe these lines, with which we shall close this article : To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the...they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the *tage; TA M CAROLINE and ZELITE, or TRANSATLANTIC TALES, taken from real life. fly Anna White Smith.... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 pages
...Mutineers, Guards, &c. SCENE.— The Governor's Palace, in Utica. PROLOGUE. WRITTEN BY MR. POPE. To Z|O V zzq firsl trod Hie slage, Commanding tears to stream through every age; In pitying love we but our weakness... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1824 - 140 pages
...beamy god, in glory go at last ! c 102 PROLOGUES, ODES, &c. ENGLISH. PROLOGUE TO CATO. 1713. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the...each scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragick Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...scarcely surpassed in vigour of expression and elevation of sentiment by any passage in his own works." Xo wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : NOTES. * This Prologue, and the Epilogue (to Jane Shore) are the most perfect models of this species... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...scarcely surpassed in vigour of expression and elevation of sentiment by any passage in his own works." Xo wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : NOTES. * This Prologue, and the Epilogue (to Jane Shore) are the most perfect models of this species... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more l PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OP CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the...nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept. He bids your breasts with ancient ardour rsse, Аnd . - tils forth Roman drops from British eyes. Virtue... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...forswear thin potations, and to addict themselves to sack. XIV.— Prologue to the Tragedy of Cato. TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the...stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age j Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue, wonder'd how they wept. Our author... | |
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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... 
