 | William Scott - 1820 - 420 lehte
...forswear thin tious, and to addict themselves to sack. XIV.— Pi -ologxe to the Tragedy of Cato^—Por±, TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold f For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ;. Tyrants... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 lehte
...to fame, And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. PROLOGUE TO MIL ADDISOH'S TKAGEHV- or CATO. ng ; And truths divine came mended from that tongue. From lips like those what precep j To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this... | |
 | 1820 - 56 lehte
...strictures I promised. I hold DRAMATIC representations to be a species of entertainment calculated. " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, " To raise the genius, and to mend the heart." And I regret to find the players lavishing their talents on empty boxes, while balls, concerts, and... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 lehte
...them' selves to sack. XIV — Prologue to the Tragedy o/Cato. TO wake the soul by tender strokes ?f art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart, To make mankind in conscioas virtue bold, ^ t Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold ; For this the tragic muse... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 432 lehte
...themselves to sack. XIV— Prologue to the Tragedy of Cato — POPE. TO wake the soul by tender stroke* of art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart, To nr-tke mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each bcene, and be what ihey behold ; F- r this... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 lehte
...to fame, And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name. PROLOGUE TO MR. AIIKISOX'S TRAGEDY OF CATO, To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...scene, and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage... | |
 | 1821 - 436 lehte
...soon be satisfied ! — [Leaps down. Manchester, Oct.3, 1821. THE DRAMATIST. No. I. BY G. CREED. 1 To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...scene, and be what they behold ; For this the TRAGIC MUSE first trod the stage."— THROUGHOUT the whole circle of human inventions and institutions, there... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 lehte
...quotation from Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato, shews what the stage should be, to be useful to man : — To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age; Tyrants no more their savage... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 lehte
...to the tragedy alone which it was designed to introduce. PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO* To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...scene, and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding tears to stream through ev'ry age ; Tyrants no more their savage... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 lehte
...Days of ease, and nights of pleasure ; Sacred Hymen ! these are thine. PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...scene, and be what they behold ; For this the tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age : Tyrants no more their savage... | |
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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... 
