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Poems, Odes, Prologues, and Epilogues Spoken on Public Occasions at Reading School: (English)

Poems, Odes, Prologues, and Epilogues Spoken on Public Occasions at Reading School: (English)

          
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ...seers Stray pleased, tho' pensive, and with profit stray, Conscious that, after the long lapse of years, Illumined more and more by Wisdom's ray, Here Liberty at last her throne has placed, And views her floating guards lords of the watery waste. Far as her eye from this her gorgeous tower..... Darts o'er the world, she sighs to see mankind, So many groan beneath the despot's power, So widely spectral horrors rack the mind. She knows its power, she best its power expands, Its warmth increases, and unclouds its sight. Here then she sees Religion's fostering hands Drop Hope's best balm, distribute Faith's best light, Whilst human Law weds sacred Charity, And tells the wond'ring earth that mind is here most free.-' 5 3. i PROLOGUE TO KING LEAR, ACTED AT READING SCHOOL, 1792. To rouse with noblest rage th' indignant mind, And mark th' oppressive wrongs of human kind; To win to awful truths th' attentive ear, And wake in virtue's cause soft, pity's tear; To paint with native force, and colors warm, Of base ingratitude the hateful form, And by the contrast, seen with brighter ray, Fair beauty's loveliest image to display; For this the bard th' instructive story chose, And showed an aged monarch's cruel woes. Clear was the moral, but his hand too true, Too darkly sad, the mournful picture drew. With blasted hope the sunk spectator viewed The great and just by vicious arts subdued; The pure, and guilty, Virtue's friend and foe, Fell undistinguished by one common blow; Chilled was each heart, with horror all possessed, And grief too keen usurped the clouded breast; The drooping soul retired with silent dread, Relaxed its efforts, and its vigor fled; Struck with the gloomy sight, desponding stood, And lost its best incentive to be good. This fault to shun, our altere...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130241259
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 52
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 109 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1130241254
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm


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