...of love ; The infant sisters, fairest of the nine, Nor ocean could restrain, nor realms confine ; " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, " To raise the genius, and to mend the heart." For this they journied on through tracks unknown, And charmed Britannia on her sea-girt throne ; This...

...a powerful monitor — " To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To mend the genius, and inform the heart; •To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what thej> behold." 202 Bat a candid enquiry will convince us that our most popular plays have a pernicious...

...gasp be o'er, The Muse forgot, and Uiou belov'd no more ! PROLOGUE •to m. ADDISOS'S TRAGEDY or CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...more their savage nature kept, And foes to Virtue wouclerM how they wept. Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move The hero's glory, or the virgin's...

...plenty of his store, ' His labour past, his toil no more, Enjoys the port of rest. Prologut to Calo. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...muse first trod the stage Commanding tears to stream thro' ev'ry age; Tyrant* Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how...

...sympathize in the representation. To the Muse of Tragedy, therefore, Mr. Pope has assigned the noble task, To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold. He ascribes such power to a well-wrought «cene,as to ask, When Cato groans, who dues not \visli to...

...sympathize in the representation. To the Muse of Tragedy, therefore, Mr. Pope has assigned the noble task , To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold. He ascribes such power to a well-wrought scene,as to ask, When Cato groans, who does not wish to bleed...

...aim of tragedy, is the proper aim of painting too ; and that, in both alike, it is the true glory, To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise...and to mend the heart; To make mankind in conscious virtuebold, live o'er each scene, and be what they behold. It remains only to enquire, why, if this...

...thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! IT* PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISOX'S TRAGEDY OP CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart j To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, trie o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this...

...gasp be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou belov'd no more! PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISON'S TRAGEDY OP 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 ev'ry age. Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes...

...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...