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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... "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ... - Page 66
by Alexander Pope - 1835 - 442 pages
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Cato: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her ...

Joseph Addison - 1713 - 222 pages
...by tender Strokes of Art, To raife the Genius , and to mend the Heart, To make Mankind in confcious Virtue bold, Live o'er each Scene ^ and Be what they behold: For this the Tragic- Mufe firft trod the Stage,. Commanding Tears to flream thro' every Age $ Tyrants no more their Savage...
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The Guardian, Volume 1

English essays - 1714 - 380 pages
...by tender Strtkes af Art, To raife the Genius, and to mend the Heart; To make Mankind in eonfcious Virtue bold, Live o'er each Scene, and Be what they behold : For this the Tragic Mufe fir ft trod the Stage, Commanding Tears to fiream thro' every Age j Tyrants no mere their Savage...
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The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the ..., Volume 1

Giles Jacob - Dramatists, English - 1723 - 414 pages
...by tender Strokes of Art^ To raife the Genitu, and to mend the Heart ; To make Mankind^ in conjcious Virtue bold, Live o'er each Scene, and be what they behold ; for this the Tfaglck JMufe fir ft trod the Stage. « And lower are thefe Liues ; While CatOgivts his little Senate...
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Cato: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His ...

Joseph Addison - 1733 - 94 pages
...behold; fur this the Tragic-Mufe fojl trod the Stage, Commanding Ttars tof.rea.rn thro' every Agt ; Tyrants no more their Savage Nature kept, And foes to Virtue wonder'd how they wept. Our Author flami by vulgar Springs to mtvi The Hero's Glory, or the Virgin's Love; In pitying Love tee but our...
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The Guardian, Volume 1

1747 - 584 pages
...Be what they hehold: For this the Tragick Mufe firft trod the Stage, Commanding Tears toftream thro' every Age -, Tyrants no more their Savage Nature kept, And Foes to Virtue wonder" d how they wept. Our Author jhuns by vulgar Springs to move The Hero's Glory, or the Virgin's...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...be o'er, The muse forgot, ar.d thou belov'd no mote I PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'a TRAGEDY OF CATO. I o wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the...heart ; To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, lave o'er each scene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding...
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The Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Volume 1

Gorges Edmond Howard - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1782 - 426 pages
...the following lines: " 'To wake ' the foufby tenoV ftrokes of art, " To raiie the genius and to rhend the heart, " To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, " Live o'er each Scene, and be what they behold ; M 2 " For : M. ;:)f... 1 * Thefe two lines are altered In this Edition. this the tragic Mufe firft...
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British Theatre: The orphan, by Thomas Otway. 1791. Cato, by Joseph Addison ...

John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 292 pages
...certain palpable defefts ascertainable by a survey ,of its foundations. PROLOGUE. WRITTEN BY MR. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...scene, and be what they behold: For this the tragic musefrst trod the stage ; Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1796 - 504 pages
...gasp be o'er, The muse forgot, and thcu belov'd no more! PROLOGUE T0 MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, 5 Commanding tears to stream through every age; Tyrants,no more their savage nature kept, And foes...
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Bell's British Theatre: Douglas, by J. Home. ... The alchymist, altered from ...

English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...certain palpable defeats ascertainable by a survey of its foundations. PROLOGUE. WRITTEN BY MR. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...mend the heart, To make mankind in conscious virtue told, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragic muse first trod the stage...
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