 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving...age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. ON THE DEATH OF MB. ROP.EKT LKVBT. A 1'RACTISER IN VHVSIO. CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on... | |
 | 1841 - 780 pages
..."useful mirth and salutary woe" of the drama, and informs the audience that it is in their power to " Bid scenic virtue form the rising age. And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage." In the evening, I took up Barclay. Cowper told Lady llesketh, September 4, 17H7, that he was reading... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tie yours this night to bid W. and R. . solitary wo, Bid Scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours this night to bid $ solitary wo, Bid Scenic Virtue form the rising age,And Truth diffus« her radiance from the stage.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die; 'Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature and reviving...charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and solitary woe, Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance for the stage.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...and reviving sense : To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and solitary woe, Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance for the stage. The poetry of Johnson, whatever may be its merit, forms but a very small portion of... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...the folltfes you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving...useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue from the rising age; And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stance. On the Death of Mr. Robert Levet,... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - Debates and debating - 1853 - 156 pages
...the follies yon decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to (lie ; irTis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature, and reviving...age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. This prologue has wit, energy, and striking sense ; but Johnson's want of fancy is more evident in... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - Debates and debating - 1853 - 160 pages
...decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; ^Tis yours this night to bid the reign commenee Of rescued nature, and reviving sense; To chase the...virtue form the rising age, And truth diffuse her radianee from the stage. This prologue has wit, energy, and striking sense ; but Johnson's want of... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - Debates and debating - 1853 - 154 pages
...more the follies y«u decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die; ^Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescued nature, and reviving...useful mirth and salutary woe; Bid scenic virtue form tlto rising age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. This prologue has wit, energy, and... | |
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Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the... 
