 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 lehte
...yet 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...scene, and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the *tage; TA M CAROLINE and ZELITE, or TRANSATLANTIC TALES, taken from real life.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 406 lehte
...scarcely surpassed in vigour of expression and elevation of sentiment by any passage in his own works." To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...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, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...gasp 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...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... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 422 lehte
...PROLOGUE TO A DRAMA, PERFORMED BY A FAMILY PARTY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MR. AND MRS. C.'S MARRIAGE " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart," — Hold, hold ! that 's not my cue, we 've no intention By " tender strokes " to sharpen girls' invention... | |
 | 1826 - 434 lehte
...itself, which will be printed within a few days. PROLOGUE TO CATO. BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. 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... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 504 lehte
...Miss Lacy. Mrs. Faucit. ORIGINAL PROLOGUE TO CATO, WRITTEN BY Mil. POPE, AND SPOKEN BY MB. WII.KS. 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... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1826 - 520 lehte
...new, something to please, and something to instruct;" and, lastly, in a fit of enthusiasm, exclaim, " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...o'er each scene, and be what they behold ;" For this great Jocko's self first leap'd the stage ; For this was pufiPd in ev'ry well-bribed page, From evening... | |
 | D R. Thomason - 1827 - 230 lehte
...benefits of the stage next demand discussion. The theatre has often been styled " the School of Morals." 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... | |
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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... 
