 | Joseph Addison - 1713 - 220 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1747 - 582 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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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... 
