 | 1833 - 828 páginas
...tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every agc¡ WRITTEN BY ME. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To mukc mankind, in conscious virtue bold, e o'er each scene, and bo what they behold Tyrant« no more... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 páginas
...drum, trumpet, thunder, lightning, or the scene-shifter's whistle." — GOLDSMITH.} (2) [" For thU the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears...kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept." — POPE.] Folly, by Dulness arm'd, eludes the wound, And harmless sees the feather'd shafts rebound... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 páginas
...quantity of drum, trumpet, thunder, light ning, or the scene-shifter's whistle." — GOLDSMITH.] (2) [" For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding...every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, Folly, by Dulness arm'd, eludes the wound, And harmless sees the feather'd shafts rebound ; Unhurt... | |
 | 1834 - 344 páginas
...passions, as well as the understanding. You, yourself, have nobly said, that its great purpose is " To melt the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart !" no feelings ; we must indulge in no capricious and wanton fancies ; we must beware, that ve do not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 318 páginas
...thenceforth fixed at the head of the degenerate drama of England. PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise...— For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding tears to stream through every age : Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 páginas
...picture there should be shade as well as light, and when I delineate him without reserve, I do (1) [" To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold." Pom.] what he himself recommended, both by his precept and his example: — " If the biographer writes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 páginas
...muse forgot, and thou heloved no more ! PROLOGUE To Mr. Addisan's Tragedy of Calo. To wake the soul hy pass'xKg* hold, Live o'er each scene, and he what they hehold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 páginas
...gasp be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more 1 PROLOGUE To Mr. Addisrm's Tragedy of Goto. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; T./ make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : for this... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 páginas
...muse triumph'd, where the patriot fail'd. AMBR. PHILIPS PROLOGUE, BY MR. POPE SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonderM how they wept.... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 páginas
...work itself, which will be mnted within few days. PROLOGUE TO CATO, BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept. And foes to virtue womler'd how they wept.... | |
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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... 
