 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pàgines
...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 the...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 censurable to support it ?... | |
 | 1829 - 506 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 pàgines
...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...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,... | |
 | Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 218 pàgines
...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 the...muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream thro' every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And ibes to virtue wonder how they wept.*... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pàgines
...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...be what they behold: For this the tragic muse first trode the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature... | |
 | 1833 - 828 pàgines
...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... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 pàgines
...drum, trumpet, thunder, lightning, or the scene-shifter's whistle." — GOLDSMITH.} (2) [" For thU the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears...kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept." — POPE.] Folly, by Dulness arm'd, eludes the wound, And harmless sees the feather'd shafts rebound... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 pàgines
...quantity of drum, trumpet, thunder, light ning, or the scene-shifter's whistle." — GOLDSMITH.] (2) [" For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding...every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, Folly, by Dulness arm'd, eludes the wound, And harmless sees the feather'd shafts rebound ; Unhurt... | |
 | 1834 - 344 pàgines
...passions, as well as the understanding. You, yourself, have nobly said, that its great purpose is " To melt the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart !" no feelings ; we must indulge in no capricious and wanton fancies ; we must beware, that ve do not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 318 pàgines
...fixed at the head of the degenerate drama of England. PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OF CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise...— 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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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... 
