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Original ? We Believe Not, And For This ...
original ? we believe not , and for this simple reason—that the Romance of Life is not original ; we are all borrowers one from another—the scene may be varied , but the impress remains the same . In misfortune , Tobin , who was a most accomplished dramatist , and Sheridan , scarcely his superior , reaped only the bitter fruit ; slow disease , arising from want , terminating the career of one man of genius—indignity the other .
" In offering the Entertainment of the HONEY MOON to the Ladies , a moral is conveyed in a very pleasing manner ; the trial is but short , and the denouement typical of Woman ' s best nature—yielding to the mental power of him , who should guide her steps , and protect her happiness ; while in RAISING THE WIND , there is something expressive of the occasion which has drawn from the fireside so many smiling faces with willing hearts , to aid the cause of the AGED FREEMASON . "
ADDRESS , TO BE-SPOKEN AT THE NEW STRAND THEATRE , ON FRIDAY , DECEMBER 16 , 1836 . " WHAT place is this ? For what this Gothic pile ! " *
Enquir'd a pilgrim stranger to our isle . As , ' propp'd upon Ms staff , his thoughtful eyes . Survey'd a structure of the good and wise . Forth from a casement look'd an aged man , And , answ ' ring him who question'd , thus began : — " Oh ! many hundred years have fled Since he , —who made this place A refuge for the time-worn head , — Was of the human race .
" Fine monuments they fall to dust , Beneath the cutting hours , — But , sir , the labours of the just Do live and spring like flow ' rs . " 'Tis many hundred years they say , Since he—by whom we live—Sat here , a helpless runaway , —
A boyish fugitive . " His little heart was full of pain , His eyes were full of tears , And here he sat , and fought amain Against a host of fears . " He turn'd and gazed upon the west , Lit up with fiery red—Each bird was flying to its nest—He had no hearth—no bed .
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Original ? We Believe Not, And For This ...
original ? we believe not , and for this simple reason—that the Romance of Life is not original ; we are all borrowers one from another—the scene may be varied , but the impress remains the same . In misfortune , Tobin , who was a most accomplished dramatist , and Sheridan , scarcely his superior , reaped only the bitter fruit ; slow disease , arising from want , terminating the career of one man of genius—indignity the other .
" In offering the Entertainment of the HONEY MOON to the Ladies , a moral is conveyed in a very pleasing manner ; the trial is but short , and the denouement typical of Woman ' s best nature—yielding to the mental power of him , who should guide her steps , and protect her happiness ; while in RAISING THE WIND , there is something expressive of the occasion which has drawn from the fireside so many smiling faces with willing hearts , to aid the cause of the AGED FREEMASON . "
ADDRESS , TO BE-SPOKEN AT THE NEW STRAND THEATRE , ON FRIDAY , DECEMBER 16 , 1836 . " WHAT place is this ? For what this Gothic pile ! " *
Enquir'd a pilgrim stranger to our isle . As , ' propp'd upon Ms staff , his thoughtful eyes . Survey'd a structure of the good and wise . Forth from a casement look'd an aged man , And , answ ' ring him who question'd , thus began : — " Oh ! many hundred years have fled Since he , —who made this place A refuge for the time-worn head , — Was of the human race .
" Fine monuments they fall to dust , Beneath the cutting hours , — But , sir , the labours of the just Do live and spring like flow ' rs . " 'Tis many hundred years they say , Since he—by whom we live—Sat here , a helpless runaway , —
A boyish fugitive . " His little heart was full of pain , His eyes were full of tears , And here he sat , and fought amain Against a host of fears . " He turn'd and gazed upon the west , Lit up with fiery red—Each bird was flying to its nest—He had no hearth—no bed .