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The Stage.
THE STAGE .
BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ . Continued from p . 32 4 . WALIIS we the vivid bloom
IN . espy Of worth that long shall charm the public eye And soon will Time , with kind maturing pow ' r , Expand the foliage and exalt the flow ' r . A beauteous rival we in MILLER trace , Of kindred feeling and of kindred grace ; Oh ! they noblemulative soar
may y , And be what YATES and CHAWFORD were before , Candour mi ght well the partial muse arraign , Were MACKLIN left unnotie'd by her strain , Who on our ancestors for sanction draws , To urge prescriptive title to applause ,
And like ah oak , yet unsubdu'd by age , Seems to stand forth the father of the Stage . Whate ' er by ripen'd judgment can be taught , And from the stores of long experience brought , In his laborious acting we may trace , Where stern precision shuts out ev ' ry grace ; He seems to move , to speak , to think , by rule ,
J . he rigid pedagogue of system ' s school . No native fire e ' er rushes to his eyes , And passions seem by precept to arise . Severe his plan , which awes , not wins the heart , For all appears the cold effect of art . All but the matchless Jew—that rais'd his name Hih o ' er the critic ' s feeble praise or blame .
g Whate ' er he draws displays a master ' s force , But all his col'ririg ' s in a style too coarse , And though the scheme may strike th' approving mind , The breast to sluggish languor is resign'd . Yet MACKLIN ' outlines mig ht an actor teach The noblest heihts of excellence to reach
g , For sense matur'd affords a solid skill , And , though he roughly draws , ' tis nature still . In comic parts the same hard truth appears ; Though to the text with judgment he adheres , And in essential features seldom fails , A rugged energy through all prevails .
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The Stage.
THE STAGE .
BY JOHN TAYLOR , ESQ . Continued from p . 32 4 . WALIIS we the vivid bloom
IN . espy Of worth that long shall charm the public eye And soon will Time , with kind maturing pow ' r , Expand the foliage and exalt the flow ' r . A beauteous rival we in MILLER trace , Of kindred feeling and of kindred grace ; Oh ! they noblemulative soar
may y , And be what YATES and CHAWFORD were before , Candour mi ght well the partial muse arraign , Were MACKLIN left unnotie'd by her strain , Who on our ancestors for sanction draws , To urge prescriptive title to applause ,
And like ah oak , yet unsubdu'd by age , Seems to stand forth the father of the Stage . Whate ' er by ripen'd judgment can be taught , And from the stores of long experience brought , In his laborious acting we may trace , Where stern precision shuts out ev ' ry grace ; He seems to move , to speak , to think , by rule ,
J . he rigid pedagogue of system ' s school . No native fire e ' er rushes to his eyes , And passions seem by precept to arise . Severe his plan , which awes , not wins the heart , For all appears the cold effect of art . All but the matchless Jew—that rais'd his name Hih o ' er the critic ' s feeble praise or blame .
g Whate ' er he draws displays a master ' s force , But all his col'ririg ' s in a style too coarse , And though the scheme may strike th' approving mind , The breast to sluggish languor is resign'd . Yet MACKLIN ' outlines mig ht an actor teach The noblest heihts of excellence to reach
g , For sense matur'd affords a solid skill , And , though he roughly draws , ' tis nature still . In comic parts the same hard truth appears ; Though to the text with judgment he adheres , And in essential features seldom fails , A rugged energy through all prevails .