 the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart, To make mankind in conscious virtue bol'd, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold; For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every...  American Education - Pagina 6471906Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pagine
...thee, fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last! I'HOI4»GU»TO Mil. ADDISO.N'S TUAGEDY OF CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius,...stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to Virtue wonder'd how they wept. Our author shuns... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pagine
...PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S THAGEDY OP CATO. 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 eaeh Scene, and be what they behold : Fqr this the Tragie Muse firsMrod' the stage, Commanding tears... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pagine
...be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more ! PROLOGUE MR. ADDISON« TRAGEDY OP CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius,...they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the Kfcige, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And... | |
 | 1840 - 544 pagine
...proudly triumphant amid all the ills of life. Thus considered, fiction is instructive ;— " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold ;" may and should be the appropriate task of the novel, as well as of the tragic muse. In truth the... | |
 | 1840 - 566 pagine
...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.' ' Here goes, gentlemen,... | |
 | 1840 - 576 pagine
...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,' ' Here goes, gentlemen,... | |
 | Friedrich Jacobs - 1842 - 358 pagine
...remarkable anecdote may have occurred to Pope in the Prologue written by him for Addison's Cato : " For this the Tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wondeied wuy tu«v vje^t." ft tit. "... | |
 | Friedrich Jacobs - 1842 - 354 pagine
...remarkable anecdote may have occurred to Pope in the Prologue written by him for Addison's Cato : " For this the Tragic muse first trod the stage. Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wondered why they wept." suns should... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 pagine
...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 the genius,...behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding tears to stream through ev'ry age; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pagine
...o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more ! PROLOGUE TO MB. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius,...stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept. Our author shuns... | |
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