 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 sidor
...pota* lions, and to addict themselves to sack. XIV. — 'Prologue to the Tragedy of Cato. — POPE. TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold j For this the tragic muse first tred the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants... | |
 | 1814 - 260 sidor
...Bven the sorrows and the tears of my eld fricr.d are full of virtue and instruction. His is a pen, To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart. " TO DOCTOR ROBERT CECIL. " CARA-SELVA, Jan. irth, 1811.» "RESPECTED FRIEND, " Thy eighth number wns yesterday... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 sidor
...him whik I live. §26. Prologue to Goto. 1713. POPS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art. I'o raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind,...virtue bold. Live o'er each scene, and be what they bthci: : For this the tragic rouse first trod the su^r. Jonimanding tears to stream through et'ry apTyrants... | |
 | 1816 - 676 sidor
...lesson not only full of delight, butfertilt in amelioration ; calculated, as Pope beautifully says, " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, " To raise the genius, and to mend the heart." Sfar Egerton proceeds, in an eloquent strain, to analyse the various kinds of poetry to which affected... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1816 - 574 sidor
...the vowels are unquestionably short, become heavy syllables when accented. Thus in Pope's distich " To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold," the word each is short in scansion, though long in quantity; and in the line " Man never is but'always... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 sidor
...forswear thin potations, and to addict themselves to sack. XIV. — Prologue to the Tragedy of Cafo.— POPI. TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To...Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold ; For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no... | |
 | Christian Fürchtegott Gellert - 1818 - 386 sidor
...©ranbtfon« mit einet 2ítt »on fuget SBe&muti) einige bet merfroùrbiajîen ©timben *) To awake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the Genius and to mend the Heart. fítc mdn í>etj tjerweinet; bafùt banfe ici) bit nocí) itjt, 0licí)atbfon! (Sine иог}йдПфе... | |
 | William Wirt - 1818 - 222 sidor
...and the tears of my eld friend are full of virtue and instruction. His is a pen, To wake the soul fey tender strokes of art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart; " TO DOCTOR ROBERT CECIL. " CARA-SELVA, Jan. 17th, 1811. "REsPECTED FRIEND, " Thy eighth number wivs yesterday... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 366 sidor
...itself, which will be printed within a few days. , PROLOGUE TO CATO. BY MR. POPE, i SPOKEN BY MR. WILKS. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age; Q 2 Tyrants... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 sidor
...such a sot ? " Let him take castles, who has ne'er a groat." Pope, 37. — Prologue to Cato : 1713. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise...Live o'er each scene., and be what they behold : For this the tragic muse first trode the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every agej Tyrants no... | |
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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... 
