 | Joseph Addison - 1733 - 83 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... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796
...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 genius, and to...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... | |
 | Gorges Edmond Howard - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1782
...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... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791
...defefts ascertainable by a survey ,of its foundations. PROLOGUE. WRITTEN BY MR. POPE. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to...scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragic musejirst trod the stage ; Commanding tears to stream through every age ; tyrants no more their savage... | |
 | English drama - 1797
...defefts ascertainable by a survey of its foundations. PROLOGUE. WRITTEN BY MR. POPI. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to...Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For Ms the tragic muse first trod the stage ; Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797
...wahe the soul by tender strohes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To mahe manhind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragic must first trod the stage ; Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage... | |
 | English literature - 1803
...BY MR. POPE. t- SPOKEN BY MR. W1LKS. i - . TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, .,. 5 To raiae the genius, and to mend the heart ; ,£ . To make...first trod the stage, " ^ Commanding tears to stream thro' ev'ry age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept.... | |
 | British essayists - 1802
...printed within a few days. PROLOGUE TO CATO. BY MR. POPE. SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to...mend the heart; To make mankind in conscious virtue hold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pages
...muse forgot, and thou belov'd no more i PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to...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... | |
 | James Burgh - Elocution - 1804 - 291 pages
...O wake the sow/ by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the foar/ ; (2) Courage. To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold ; Teaching. For this the tragic muse first /rot/ the stage, Commanding tears to stream through ev'ry... | |
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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... 
