 For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Seite 198von Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 Seiten
...declamation roar*d whilst passion slept ; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 Seiten
...Nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song confimi'd her sway." It is tolerably evident, from the whole tcnour of this celebrated prologue, that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 Seiten
...though Nature fled. But forced at length her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit; Exulting folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the stage ? Perhaps, if... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 Seiten
...though Nature fled; But forced, at length, her ancient reign to She saw great Faustus lay the ghost rack of thy destroying bark. No more Campania's hinds shall fly To woods and caver sway. But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the stage? Perhaps, if... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 Seiten
...Nature fled; But forced, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit, Exulting Folly hail'd the joyous day, And pantomime and song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the stage? Perhaps, if... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 Seiten
...roar'd whilst passion slept; Yet still did virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd tho' nature fled. But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit; Exulting folly hail'd the joyful day, And pantomine and song... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 Seiten
...Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the state to tread, Philosophy shore is this? The gulf, the rock of Salamis! These scenes, their story not un • 35 She saw great Faustus1 lay the ghost of Wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1918 - 186 Seiten
...Nature fled. But forced, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyous day, And Pantomime and Song confirm'd her sway.2 But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the Stage ? Perhaps if... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 524 Seiten
...Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept ; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled. But forc'd at length her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1928 - 564 Seiten
...Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled, But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, 35 She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime... | |
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