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The Stage.
Is he the noblest poet of the age ? Or brightest planet that illumes the stage . ' — No more , dull Spleen / these surly questions ask , For know he shines , in jumping through a cas , i ! Oh ! mighty man ! confine this active flame , That thus impels thee in pursuit of fame : fancies stod
Remain , with pantomimic r , The motley hero of the wooden sword . Or , if ambition prompts thee to aspire _ At characters that speech and sense require , No more presume , with sacrilegious rage , the poet ' s consecrated page ;
To mar _ Deign to the simp le meaning to submit , And let dull duty check thy eager wit . " Once more , Digression , rambling fool , adieu , The actor ' s merit let us briefly vievv : Lee-Lewes here is in his proper light , And , with -true humour , p leasure can excite . h nature has been kind
In comic pow ' rs , thoug , Yet to few scenes his talents are connn d : Too flippant for the sp here of well-bred ease , And yet too coarse in airy fops to please , ¦ Warm , but too rough , he chiefly seems design d rihtlparts rugged nor rehn d ;
For spgy , nor Where taste and fashion five the buckish Cit , Who fondly deems his noise and nonsense wit ; Or where the easy valet , pert and vain , Salutes his master in familiar strain , Dares at each modish folly to pretend , ' 4 . nd , being pandar , is receiv'd as friend .
With crest erect , and with impetuous force , See vent ' rous H OLMAN urge his fiery course ; Like the bold steed , just starting from the rein . That rears , that bounds , that flies along the plain 3 Amply endow'd with figure , voice and face , And fashion'd well for the heroic race .
Next P OPE advances , with a milder mien , A graver step , and passions more serene : . Their mutual pow ' rs , like mingling light and shade , With spirit , force , and truth , the drama aid . This sweetly plains Castalio ' s tender woe That noblvents Chamonfs indignant low ;
y g One well supports Horatio ' s moral strain , The other proud Lothario ' s taunting vein ; Or , hig her to enroll each diff ' rent plea , Jlolman an Anthony , a Brutus he , -
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Stage.
Is he the noblest poet of the age ? Or brightest planet that illumes the stage . ' — No more , dull Spleen / these surly questions ask , For know he shines , in jumping through a cas , i ! Oh ! mighty man ! confine this active flame , That thus impels thee in pursuit of fame : fancies stod
Remain , with pantomimic r , The motley hero of the wooden sword . Or , if ambition prompts thee to aspire _ At characters that speech and sense require , No more presume , with sacrilegious rage , the poet ' s consecrated page ;
To mar _ Deign to the simp le meaning to submit , And let dull duty check thy eager wit . " Once more , Digression , rambling fool , adieu , The actor ' s merit let us briefly vievv : Lee-Lewes here is in his proper light , And , with -true humour , p leasure can excite . h nature has been kind
In comic pow ' rs , thoug , Yet to few scenes his talents are connn d : Too flippant for the sp here of well-bred ease , And yet too coarse in airy fops to please , ¦ Warm , but too rough , he chiefly seems design d rihtlparts rugged nor rehn d ;
For spgy , nor Where taste and fashion five the buckish Cit , Who fondly deems his noise and nonsense wit ; Or where the easy valet , pert and vain , Salutes his master in familiar strain , Dares at each modish folly to pretend , ' 4 . nd , being pandar , is receiv'd as friend .
With crest erect , and with impetuous force , See vent ' rous H OLMAN urge his fiery course ; Like the bold steed , just starting from the rein . That rears , that bounds , that flies along the plain 3 Amply endow'd with figure , voice and face , And fashion'd well for the heroic race .
Next P OPE advances , with a milder mien , A graver step , and passions more serene : . Their mutual pow ' rs , like mingling light and shade , With spirit , force , and truth , the drama aid . This sweetly plains Castalio ' s tender woe That noblvents Chamonfs indignant low ;
y g One well supports Horatio ' s moral strain , The other proud Lothario ' s taunting vein ; Or , hig her to enroll each diff ' rent plea , Jlolman an Anthony , a Brutus he , -