 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...sculpture, mute and motionless, Steals but one glance from time. But, by the mighty actor's power, Their wedded triumphs come : Verse — ceases — to be airy thought And sculpture — to be dumb. 562. The following — is an example of the sublime, falling far short of a hyperbole ; for. as St.... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...mute and motionlese, Steals but one glance from time. But, by the mighty actor's power, Their tcedded triumphs come : Verse — ceases — to be airy thought And sculpture — to be dumb. SS'i. The following — is an example of the sublime, falling rar short of a hyperbole; for, as St.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come — Verse ceases to bo airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb. Time may again revive, But ne'er eclipse the charm, When Cato spoke in him alive. Or Hotspur kindled warm. What soul was not resign'd... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...human genius: For ill—tan poetry express, Full many a tone—of thought sublime ; And sculpture, mute and motionless. Steals but one glance from time. But, by the mighty actor's power, Their wedded triumphs corne : Perse-—ceases—to be airy thought And sculpture—to... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...human genius: For ill — can pottry express, Full many n lone — of thought sublime ; And sculpture, mute and motionless, Steals but one glance from time. But, by the mighty actor's power, Their wcdd&l triumphs come : Vtrst — ceases — to be airy thought And sculpture —... | |
 | Theater - 1846 - 206 pages
...can ill express Full many a tone of thought sublime ; And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance from time; But, by the mighty Actor brought,...ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb !" Mr. Booth, like Cooke, Kean, Kemble, Forrest, and the majority of actors who have acquired any reputation... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come — Verse ceases to be airy thought,...sculpture to be dumb. Time may again revive, But ne'er eclipse the charm, When Cato spoke in him alive, Or Hotspur kindled warm. What soul was not resign'd... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...and motionless, Steals but a glance from time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy thought And Sculpture to be dumb." The description of an Indian chief in " Gertrude," affords another illustration : " As monumental bronze... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty Actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come — ,Verse ceases to be airy thought. And Sculpture to be dumb." "High were the task — too high Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble... | |
 | Literature - 1853 - 842 pages
...express Full many a tone of thought suhlimc ; And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but one partial glance from Time, But by the mighty Actor brought,...ceases to be airy thought, And ¡Sculpture to be dumb ! And ihere was many an hour Of blended kindred flame; When Skidnns's auxiliar power And. sister magic... | |
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For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be... 
