 | 1823 - 750 Seiten
...melts at when represented, is that which flows from the real spring of Helicon. To produce this is " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise the fancy, and to mend the heart !" What creates mere wonder by its novelty and extravagance, certainly... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 Seiten
...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...they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the *tage; TA M CAROLINE and ZELITE, or TRANSATLANTIC TALES, taken from real life. fly Anna White Smith.... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 Seiten
...Egerton. Mutineers, Guards, &c. SCENE.— The Governor's Palace, in Utica. PROLOGUE. WRITTEN BY MR. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art. To raise...and be what they behold: For this, the tragic muse firsl trod Hie slage, Commanding tears to stream through every age; In pitying love we but our weakness... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1824 - 140 Seiten
...beamy god, in glory go at last ! c 102 PROLOGUES, ODES, &c. ENGLISH. PROLOGUE TO CATO. 1713. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...each scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragick Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1824 - 144 Seiten
...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold: For this the tragick Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants...more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wondered how they wept. Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move The hero's glory, or the virgin's... | |
 | 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...behold : 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
