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The Stage.
Thus when , with Randolph ' s keen maternal paid , She listens wildly to the hoary swain , Whose artless feelings tenderly relate The wat ' ry dangers of the infant ' s fate" Was he alive ? " transpierces ev ' ry soul —> From ev ' ry eye the gushing plaudits roll . But in the lengthen'd tale of plaintive woe
, Or declamation ' s calm and equal flow , Her native excellence but faintl y gleams—Too rapid now , and now too faint she seems . In patient Shore she cramps her potent art , Ancl seldom finds a passage to the heart : But when Alicia ' s phrensy she displays , And her
eyes , wild , on fancy'd spectres gaze , A kindred horror tears the lab ring mind , And the whole breast is to her pow'r resign ' cl . In parts of gentle anguish though she fails , Yet where tumultuous energy prevails , Where wrongs inflameor madness storms the mint ?
, , Superior skill we must not hope to find . Should we confine to tragedy her praise , The niggard eulogy would stain the lays , Since in her comic parts she still must please , With nature , spirit , elegance and ease . But as her potent force we chieflfind
y In scenes that fire and agonize the mind , The tragic muse may boast the hi ghest claim , And' in her train enroll her CRAWFORD ' S name . With various requisites the stage to grace , A striking figure and a marking face
, A mien commanding , spirited , and free , See POPE * to fame assert a solid plea , And fairly claim , in these declining days Of scenic worth , the tributary praise .
Pier pow ' rs though strong , but rarely should aspire Beyond the sphere of haughtiness and fire ; Where love appears without his gentle train , And join'd with pride , resentment and disdain . Thus in Hermione . her efforts show A bold conception of heroic woe ; While various passions in her breast
engage , 'Hope with despair contending , love with rage , She ably draws from passion ' s genuine source :, Expressing all with dignity and force . ( To be continued . J
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The Stage.
Thus when , with Randolph ' s keen maternal paid , She listens wildly to the hoary swain , Whose artless feelings tenderly relate The wat ' ry dangers of the infant ' s fate" Was he alive ? " transpierces ev ' ry soul —> From ev ' ry eye the gushing plaudits roll . But in the lengthen'd tale of plaintive woe
, Or declamation ' s calm and equal flow , Her native excellence but faintl y gleams—Too rapid now , and now too faint she seems . In patient Shore she cramps her potent art , Ancl seldom finds a passage to the heart : But when Alicia ' s phrensy she displays , And her
eyes , wild , on fancy'd spectres gaze , A kindred horror tears the lab ring mind , And the whole breast is to her pow'r resign ' cl . In parts of gentle anguish though she fails , Yet where tumultuous energy prevails , Where wrongs inflameor madness storms the mint ?
, , Superior skill we must not hope to find . Should we confine to tragedy her praise , The niggard eulogy would stain the lays , Since in her comic parts she still must please , With nature , spirit , elegance and ease . But as her potent force we chieflfind
y In scenes that fire and agonize the mind , The tragic muse may boast the hi ghest claim , And' in her train enroll her CRAWFORD ' S name . With various requisites the stage to grace , A striking figure and a marking face
, A mien commanding , spirited , and free , See POPE * to fame assert a solid plea , And fairly claim , in these declining days Of scenic worth , the tributary praise .
Pier pow ' rs though strong , but rarely should aspire Beyond the sphere of haughtiness and fire ; Where love appears without his gentle train , And join'd with pride , resentment and disdain . Thus in Hermione . her efforts show A bold conception of heroic woe ; While various passions in her breast
engage , 'Hope with despair contending , love with rage , She ably draws from passion ' s genuine source :, Expressing all with dignity and force . ( To be continued . J