...and pressure ;" or, in other words, and by another modern—POPE—it is the province of the drama— "To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream from every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wondered how they wept."...

...welcome ev'n the last ! PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDT Ot CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes _of art, To raise the -genius, and to mend the heart;...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : Fqr this the Tragic Muse firsMrod the stage, Commanding tears to •stream through every age ; Tyrants...

...feature, Scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure": — " To make the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius,...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold." LEAVES FOR THE LITTLE ONES. THE STORY OF A CLOCK. BY AMELIA B. EDWABD6. I am a sound-going, sturdy...

...gasp bo o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more ! PROLOGUE то MR. ADDISOVS TRAGEDY OF CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wondcr'd how they wept. ( >ur author shuns by vulgar springs to move Tile hero's glory, or the virgin's...

...exhibition of gladiators, to the more graceful and refined efforts, of those, whose noble task was, To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold. As we advance in the play, we find Prospero THE TEMPEST. availing himself of the dark secrets of his...

...attentive ! I see, Sir, that you are a judge of serious poetry. Your mind, like that of Cowper, is formed to ' Wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart.' But surely I waste time in reciting the sentiments of the immortal bard to you.1 ' Here goes, gentlemen,...

...quantity of drum, trumpet, thunder, lightning, or the scene-shifter's whistle." — GOLDSMITH.! (2) [" For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; fyrants no more their savage nature kept, Folly, by Dulness arm'd, eludes the wound, And harmless...

...attentive ! I see, Sir, that you are a judge of serious poetry. Your mind, like that of Cowper, is formed to ' Wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius and to mend tlie licart.' But surely I waste time in reciting the sentiments of the immortal bard to you.' ' Here...

...consecrate to fame, And midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. PROLOGUE TO MB. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OP CATO. ount it thine To womler'd how they wept. Our author ehuns by vulgar springs to move The hero'» glory, or the virgin's...

...consecrate to fame, And midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. PROLOGUE TO MB. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. he to begin again, She 'd viilgar springs to move The hero's glory, or the virgin's love ; In pitying Love, we but our weakness...