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The Stage.
And sternest critics shall confess thy claim . To join the hig hest rank in comic fame . AICKIN , in characters of rugged mould , Is always justly strong , and chastely bold ; Untouch'd by pride , he always seems , intent To be exactly what the author meant .
Where blunt integrity , undaunted , shews The roughest feeling that the bosom knows . Dares flippant folly openly despise , And view the vicious with indignant eyes , The part with native vigour he portrays , And to the heart with sense and feeling plays .
At MOODY ' call the muse resumes her strain , MOODY , a vet ' ran on the comic plain , •Whose talents mi ght our warmest praise engage . In low-bred humour and in rustic age , But that , too conscious of his former name , He yields to sluggish indolence his frame ,
Glares with a vacant visage on the throng , And idly drags his torpid limbs along . Candour , herself must own , he oft is seen As if his mind were sunk in stupid spleen . Critics , who , ne ' er his former merit knew , . . [ With cold contemptthe lifeless lumber view , And scarce believethat one unhurt by age
•, Can thus obscure a genius for the stage . Strange ! that an actor who could once excite With , humour ' s genuine force , no . mean delight , ¦ Who drew from nature ev ' ry simple clown , And in Hibernia ' s sons rais'd iust renown , Shouldby so vile a negligence betray ' c
, , His public character so far degrade . MOODY , for shame ! bring all thy talents forth , Let rising critics know thy native worth , That worth , to careless indolence a prey , That else would brightly deck thy closing dav .
Though HULL frorn nature few externals owns , No strikiirg features , no expressive tones , Yet has she giv ' n an ample recompense , In firm integri ty and manly sense . Where cautious age , from long experience wise , To check wild youth ' s impetuous ardour tries , The rev ' rend monitor he justly , plays , And boasts substantial claim to critic praise . But with most force he strikes upon the heart Whene ' er he personates a worthy part :
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Stage.
And sternest critics shall confess thy claim . To join the hig hest rank in comic fame . AICKIN , in characters of rugged mould , Is always justly strong , and chastely bold ; Untouch'd by pride , he always seems , intent To be exactly what the author meant .
Where blunt integrity , undaunted , shews The roughest feeling that the bosom knows . Dares flippant folly openly despise , And view the vicious with indignant eyes , The part with native vigour he portrays , And to the heart with sense and feeling plays .
At MOODY ' call the muse resumes her strain , MOODY , a vet ' ran on the comic plain , •Whose talents mi ght our warmest praise engage . In low-bred humour and in rustic age , But that , too conscious of his former name , He yields to sluggish indolence his frame ,
Glares with a vacant visage on the throng , And idly drags his torpid limbs along . Candour , herself must own , he oft is seen As if his mind were sunk in stupid spleen . Critics , who , ne ' er his former merit knew , . . [ With cold contemptthe lifeless lumber view , And scarce believethat one unhurt by age
•, Can thus obscure a genius for the stage . Strange ! that an actor who could once excite With , humour ' s genuine force , no . mean delight , ¦ Who drew from nature ev ' ry simple clown , And in Hibernia ' s sons rais'd iust renown , Shouldby so vile a negligence betray ' c
, , His public character so far degrade . MOODY , for shame ! bring all thy talents forth , Let rising critics know thy native worth , That worth , to careless indolence a prey , That else would brightly deck thy closing dav .
Though HULL frorn nature few externals owns , No strikiirg features , no expressive tones , Yet has she giv ' n an ample recompense , In firm integri ty and manly sense . Where cautious age , from long experience wise , To check wild youth ' s impetuous ardour tries , The rev ' rend monitor he justly , plays , And boasts substantial claim to critic praise . But with most force he strikes upon the heart Whene ' er he personates a worthy part :