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The Stage.
Form'd for the hig h achievements of the stage , His efforts always our respect engage . ' In scenes of injur'd virtue , that require A bold exertion of ingenuous fire , With honest energy the part he feels , And with true pathos to the breast appeals .
When Buckingham , be tray 'd by Wolsey ' s pow ' r To shameful death in- manhood ' s blooming hour , Without one friend to stem the adverse tide , Falls a sad sacrifice to priestly pride , There WROUGHTON ' skill excites th' applauding sigh , And pity ' s gems illumine ev ' ry eye
, Still in his proper sphere would he remain , A warm protection he must justly gain ; But if ambition spread her fatal fire , And bid his mind at daring heights aspire , The giddy summit will his pow ' rs confound , And critic , fury drag him to the ground .
Lest in forbidden paths he still should roam , The friendly muse thus kindly calls him home . The weight of Lear unable to sustain , Beneath the weighty load he sunk with pain ; And wak'd in Jafjier a regret more keen , ' That BARRY ' pow ' rs no more shall grace the scene .
When nature fashion'd DODD , severely kind , She those peculiar requisites combin'd Which ne ' er can image manhood ' s vig ' rous bloom , But shine in insects of the drawing-room . None on the stage , so well as lie , can show The various traces of that thingthe beau
, , Whether in Meggot's gusto it appear , In Tattle ' s levity or Back-bite ' s sneer , In all , he acts upon so nice a plan , He seems in life to be the very man , But that , in life he acts without offence , And boasts with plain good humourplain good sense .
, No scanty praise should be to DODD assign'd , Were he to foppish parts alone confin'd ; And yet his pow ' rs , not limited to these , In quaint simplicity can justly please : No equal Master Stephen has been found Since SHUTER spread resistless mirth around ;
And Ague-Check , drawn with unborrow'd art , Presents the matchless bard ' s embod y'd part . But his chief excellence in fops is seen , There , happy union 1 figure , voice , and mien , This honest verdict must for DODD engage—That he ' s the greatest coxcomb on the stage . ( TO BE CONTINUED . )
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Stage.
Form'd for the hig h achievements of the stage , His efforts always our respect engage . ' In scenes of injur'd virtue , that require A bold exertion of ingenuous fire , With honest energy the part he feels , And with true pathos to the breast appeals .
When Buckingham , be tray 'd by Wolsey ' s pow ' r To shameful death in- manhood ' s blooming hour , Without one friend to stem the adverse tide , Falls a sad sacrifice to priestly pride , There WROUGHTON ' skill excites th' applauding sigh , And pity ' s gems illumine ev ' ry eye
, Still in his proper sphere would he remain , A warm protection he must justly gain ; But if ambition spread her fatal fire , And bid his mind at daring heights aspire , The giddy summit will his pow ' rs confound , And critic , fury drag him to the ground .
Lest in forbidden paths he still should roam , The friendly muse thus kindly calls him home . The weight of Lear unable to sustain , Beneath the weighty load he sunk with pain ; And wak'd in Jafjier a regret more keen , ' That BARRY ' pow ' rs no more shall grace the scene .
When nature fashion'd DODD , severely kind , She those peculiar requisites combin'd Which ne ' er can image manhood ' s vig ' rous bloom , But shine in insects of the drawing-room . None on the stage , so well as lie , can show The various traces of that thingthe beau
, , Whether in Meggot's gusto it appear , In Tattle ' s levity or Back-bite ' s sneer , In all , he acts upon so nice a plan , He seems in life to be the very man , But that , in life he acts without offence , And boasts with plain good humourplain good sense .
, No scanty praise should be to DODD assign'd , Were he to foppish parts alone confin'd ; And yet his pow ' rs , not limited to these , In quaint simplicity can justly please : No equal Master Stephen has been found Since SHUTER spread resistless mirth around ;
And Ague-Check , drawn with unborrow'd art , Presents the matchless bard ' s embod y'd part . But his chief excellence in fops is seen , There , happy union 1 figure , voice , and mien , This honest verdict must for DODD engage—That he ' s the greatest coxcomb on the stage . ( TO BE CONTINUED . )