The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night,... The Gentleman's Magazine - Página 1411819Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1027 páginas
...— to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; t forbade a selfish death. chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic virtue... | |
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...please to live. Then prompt no 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 Sense; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary wo ; Bid scenick Virtue... | |
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