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The Stage.
Ross strikes each finer fibre of the heart With native force beyond the poet ' s art . ^ When grief-torn Lear , with sharpest anger wild . Calls Heaven ' s dread vengeance on his thankless child , The hapless father ' s rage . so well he draws , That pity , fearj and horror , speak applause . When the poor injur'd king regains his state ,
Turns to old Kent , the tidings to relate , And , wild with joy , proclaims Cordelia queen , Such happy energy pervades his mien , Such mingled transport , fondness , and surprize ,: That ev ' ry eye the lucid praise supplies . DIGGESthe fam'd Roscius of a sister-soil
, , Destin'd for humbler honours here to toil , By long experience has been taught the art To rouse the strongest feelings of the heart ; Though some quaint manners of the older school ; ' With uncouth stiffness , o ' er his acting rule ,
Though oft a local dialect we hear , And tones that harshly greet the nicer ear . In moral parts of the severer kind , Which scorn each common weakness of the mind , And act on stubborn reason ' s strictest plan , DIGGES , with stern dignity , appears' the nian . His Cato seems with Roman force to feel
The aweful energy of patriot zeal , And , in his Caratach , we still behold All the ' rough virtue of our sires of old _; That rugged majesty , sublimely rude ' . Which once distinguish'd British fortitude . But Wolsey is his master-piece—lie there
Displays his author with the happiest care : The prosp ' rous prelate ' s elevated crest , The fawning rev ' rence with his royal guest , And meek submission in his abject state , He shews with skill pfe-eminently great .
But why should man at proud precedence aim , When female worth can boast an equal claim i The muse shall here the partial law disdain , Impos'd by custom , arrogant and vain . Now must the heart a tender terror feel , Lest from the rigid road it softly steal , Prove the sweet influence female charms can raise
, .. And only wanton in the path of praise . Yet may we nobly spurn the idle fear , Lest partial eulogy alone appear , If the fair suitors ' candid truth surveys , ' The equitable verdict must be praise ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Stage.
Ross strikes each finer fibre of the heart With native force beyond the poet ' s art . ^ When grief-torn Lear , with sharpest anger wild . Calls Heaven ' s dread vengeance on his thankless child , The hapless father ' s rage . so well he draws , That pity , fearj and horror , speak applause . When the poor injur'd king regains his state ,
Turns to old Kent , the tidings to relate , And , wild with joy , proclaims Cordelia queen , Such happy energy pervades his mien , Such mingled transport , fondness , and surprize ,: That ev ' ry eye the lucid praise supplies . DIGGESthe fam'd Roscius of a sister-soil
, , Destin'd for humbler honours here to toil , By long experience has been taught the art To rouse the strongest feelings of the heart ; Though some quaint manners of the older school ; ' With uncouth stiffness , o ' er his acting rule ,
Though oft a local dialect we hear , And tones that harshly greet the nicer ear . In moral parts of the severer kind , Which scorn each common weakness of the mind , And act on stubborn reason ' s strictest plan , DIGGES , with stern dignity , appears' the nian . His Cato seems with Roman force to feel
The aweful energy of patriot zeal , And , in his Caratach , we still behold All the ' rough virtue of our sires of old _; That rugged majesty , sublimely rude ' . Which once distinguish'd British fortitude . But Wolsey is his master-piece—lie there
Displays his author with the happiest care : The prosp ' rous prelate ' s elevated crest , The fawning rev ' rence with his royal guest , And meek submission in his abject state , He shews with skill pfe-eminently great .
But why should man at proud precedence aim , When female worth can boast an equal claim i The muse shall here the partial law disdain , Impos'd by custom , arrogant and vain . Now must the heart a tender terror feel , Lest from the rigid road it softly steal , Prove the sweet influence female charms can raise
, .. And only wanton in the path of praise . Yet may we nobly spurn the idle fear , Lest partial eulogy alone appear , If the fair suitors ' candid truth surveys , ' The equitable verdict must be praise ,