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The Stage.
Whether her genius tempt a bolder fli ght , The frail Macbeth to murd ' rous deeds incite , Terrific spurn at Nature ' s softest laws , Or playful plead misguided Cassia ' s cause ; Whether she seeks to make our sorrows flow Through unambitious scenes of home-felt woe , Where mid the wreck of fortunefameand life
, , , The Gamester leaves his fond , though ruin'd wife j In all , sublime , endearing , or refin'd , The great pervading energy is MIND ; In all , the passions to her potent art By turns resign the subjugated heart . But though she thus the tragic hei ghts can gain ,
And pour the plaintive or heroic strain , With graceful ease the " learned sock" she wears—• Thus Rosalind her comic skill declares ; Whose sportive elegance can sweetly move With happiest charm of gaiety and love . Oh I thou whose pow ' r can sooth or storm the soul
. With magic touch the fiercest to controul ; "Who , born the drama ' s noblest paths to trace , . Canst e ' en to Shakspeare ' s muse impart new grace , Let scandal rave , ' let sick ' ning envy try To blast thy laurels , and thy worth decry , While ' tis thy noble triumph , only those ,
Sure test of genius , are thy hopeless foes : The feeling still thy merit shall attest , Give thee fond credit for a kindred breast , Swell with thy rage , and with thy anguish mourn , As vice shall tovv ' r , or virtue droop forlorn ; And while less graceful plaudits stun thine ear , Bestow a nobler meed—the silent tear .
To close in order due , our long career , See KEMBLE march , majestic and severe ; Fraught with uncommon pow ' rs of form and face , He comes the pomp of tragedy to grace . Fertile in genius , and matur'd by art , Not soft to steal , but stern to seize , the heart , In mould of figure , and in frame of mind ,
To him th' heroic sphere must be assign'd . August or daring , he adorns the stage —• The gloomy subtlety , the savage rage , The scornful menace , and the cynic ire , The hardy valour , and the patriot fire—These shew the vigour of a master ' s hand , And o ' er the fancy give him firm command : As Richard , Timon , and Macbeth proclaim , Or stern Coriolamts nobler aim .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Stage.
Whether her genius tempt a bolder fli ght , The frail Macbeth to murd ' rous deeds incite , Terrific spurn at Nature ' s softest laws , Or playful plead misguided Cassia ' s cause ; Whether she seeks to make our sorrows flow Through unambitious scenes of home-felt woe , Where mid the wreck of fortunefameand life
, , , The Gamester leaves his fond , though ruin'd wife j In all , sublime , endearing , or refin'd , The great pervading energy is MIND ; In all , the passions to her potent art By turns resign the subjugated heart . But though she thus the tragic hei ghts can gain ,
And pour the plaintive or heroic strain , With graceful ease the " learned sock" she wears—• Thus Rosalind her comic skill declares ; Whose sportive elegance can sweetly move With happiest charm of gaiety and love . Oh I thou whose pow ' r can sooth or storm the soul
. With magic touch the fiercest to controul ; "Who , born the drama ' s noblest paths to trace , . Canst e ' en to Shakspeare ' s muse impart new grace , Let scandal rave , ' let sick ' ning envy try To blast thy laurels , and thy worth decry , While ' tis thy noble triumph , only those ,
Sure test of genius , are thy hopeless foes : The feeling still thy merit shall attest , Give thee fond credit for a kindred breast , Swell with thy rage , and with thy anguish mourn , As vice shall tovv ' r , or virtue droop forlorn ; And while less graceful plaudits stun thine ear , Bestow a nobler meed—the silent tear .
To close in order due , our long career , See KEMBLE march , majestic and severe ; Fraught with uncommon pow ' rs of form and face , He comes the pomp of tragedy to grace . Fertile in genius , and matur'd by art , Not soft to steal , but stern to seize , the heart , In mould of figure , and in frame of mind ,
To him th' heroic sphere must be assign'd . August or daring , he adorns the stage —• The gloomy subtlety , the savage rage , The scornful menace , and the cynic ire , The hardy valour , and the patriot fire—These shew the vigour of a master ' s hand , And o ' er the fancy give him firm command : As Richard , Timon , and Macbeth proclaim , Or stern Coriolamts nobler aim .