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The Stage.
THE STAGE .
BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ .
Continued from p . 26 .
A MIRTHFUL mischief sporting in her air . Lo ! ABINGTON , Thalia ' s fav ' rite care , Design'd the path of higher life to tread , To nature faithful , and by genius led , With arch vivacity , the comic throne She claims , and shines with lustre all her own .
Where affectation ' s'flippant airs are seen—The mincing accent , and the study'd mien , Where art prevails o ' er nature ' s simple grace , And fashion ' s whims preside in reason ' s place , The coldest critic must with pleasure view , ¦ And own each portrait spirited and true .
In scenes where sharp sarcastic strokes appear , With satire ' s keenest barb she points the sneer ; Thus when gay Millamant with bant ' ring vein Marwood insults in pity ' s galling strain , Th' ironic tone such stinging force conveys , That CONGREVE scarcely merits higher praise .
But though she thus can charm the critic sight In parts affected , sprig htly , and polite , The wild simplicity of hoyden youth She paints with all the glowing tints of truth .
The muse who knows that HARTLEY could controul And sooth to sympathy the sternest soul , Can ne ' er forgetful of her worth remain , But seeks her name to decorate the strain ' . In ROWE ' fine portrait of submissive woe , That contrite yields to fate's relentless blow , The wretched victim of a lawless flame
, By pow ' rs harsh mandate doom'd to public shame , What eye to HARTLEY could a tear deny ? What breast so-hard that could refuse a si gh ? Urg'd by the noblest glow of filial fire , When poor Cordelia seeks her injnr'd sire— -. Or warm with conscious honour ' s purest aim .
When Desdemona vindicates her fame , Her plaintive strains would make a stoic feel , Such magic graces o ' er the bosom steal . Again , sweet exile , grace a drooping stage , Again with nature ' s loveliest charms engage , . Lo ! CRAWFORD wanders to another clime , And YATES too soon must feel the stealth of time , O 2 ' '
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The Stage.
THE STAGE .
BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ .
Continued from p . 26 .
A MIRTHFUL mischief sporting in her air . Lo ! ABINGTON , Thalia ' s fav ' rite care , Design'd the path of higher life to tread , To nature faithful , and by genius led , With arch vivacity , the comic throne She claims , and shines with lustre all her own .
Where affectation ' s'flippant airs are seen—The mincing accent , and the study'd mien , Where art prevails o ' er nature ' s simple grace , And fashion ' s whims preside in reason ' s place , The coldest critic must with pleasure view , ¦ And own each portrait spirited and true .
In scenes where sharp sarcastic strokes appear , With satire ' s keenest barb she points the sneer ; Thus when gay Millamant with bant ' ring vein Marwood insults in pity ' s galling strain , Th' ironic tone such stinging force conveys , That CONGREVE scarcely merits higher praise .
But though she thus can charm the critic sight In parts affected , sprig htly , and polite , The wild simplicity of hoyden youth She paints with all the glowing tints of truth .
The muse who knows that HARTLEY could controul And sooth to sympathy the sternest soul , Can ne ' er forgetful of her worth remain , But seeks her name to decorate the strain ' . In ROWE ' fine portrait of submissive woe , That contrite yields to fate's relentless blow , The wretched victim of a lawless flame
, By pow ' rs harsh mandate doom'd to public shame , What eye to HARTLEY could a tear deny ? What breast so-hard that could refuse a si gh ? Urg'd by the noblest glow of filial fire , When poor Cordelia seeks her injnr'd sire— -. Or warm with conscious honour ' s purest aim .
When Desdemona vindicates her fame , Her plaintive strains would make a stoic feel , Such magic graces o ' er the bosom steal . Again , sweet exile , grace a drooping stage , Again with nature ' s loveliest charms engage , . Lo ! CRAWFORD wanders to another clime , And YATES too soon must feel the stealth of time , O 2 ' '