 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 Seiten
...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...Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 422 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...pieces, as earnests of the work itself, which will be printed within a few days. PROLOGUE TO CATO. BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. To wake the soul...Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 Seiten
...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...muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1826 - 520 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder how they wept.* Pope's Prologue to Cato. This lofty designation, however, meets with strong... | |
 | 1828 - 714 Seiten
...Stage was originally instituted, according to the beautiful and well-known description of Pope : " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, aud be what they behold, For this the tragic Muse first trod the Stage, Commanding tears to flow, through... | |
 | 1828 - 758 Seiten
...the Stage was originally instituted, according to the beautiful and well-known description of Pope : "To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...the heart, To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, JLive o'er each scene, and be what they behold, For this the tragic Muse first trod the Stage, Commanding... | |
 | 1828 - 342 Seiten
...would be impossible to point out a truly virtuous character, or an elevated sentiment,— • , , " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart." His men are either rakes or cuckolds ; and, if all his women be not absolute wantons (and Angelica... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...thin potations, and to adict themselves to sack. XIV. — Prologue to the Tragedy of Cata. — POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold 5 For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age j Tyrants... | |
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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... 
