 | 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
...ear 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...mankind in conscious virtue 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... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 Seiten
...according to Aristotle, " to purge out passions by means of pity and terror." According to Pope, it was " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold." Such being the object and nature of the drama, he would ask, could it be... | |
 | 1829 - 506 Seiten
...received decided him in his choice, and from that instant he determined " To wake the soul by gentle strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart." After leaving Birmingham, our hero performed with undiminished success at Liverpool, Dublin, Bath,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...gasp be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou beloved no more .' PROLOGUE To Mr. Addison's Tragedy of Colo. e a country, and then raise a town. 190 You, too, proceed ! make falling arts your care, Erect new and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 Seiten
...beneath them. The objects of the drama cannot be better explained than io the following lines: — ' To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise...mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and fie what they behold — For Ms the tragic nmtefirtl trod the itage.' And not only the tragic muse,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 284 Seiten
...muse triumph'd, where the patriot fail'd. AMBR. PHILIPS. > PROLOGUE BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS; To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream... | |
 | Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 218 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...mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold; For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...General, 'such a sot ? " Let him take castles who has ne'er a groat." POPE37. PROLOGUE TO CATO; 1J13. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise...mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold: For this the tragic muse first trode the stage, Commanding tears to stream... | |
 | 1833 - 828 Seiten
...the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every agc¡ WRITTEN BY ME. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To mukc mankind, in conscious virtue bold, e o'er each scene, and bo what they behold Tyrant« no more... | |
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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: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage... 
