| Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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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