The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
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To Mr. GARRICK. On his united Ideas of Actor and Writer.
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To Mr. GARRICK. On his united Ideas of Actor and Writer.
Form'd for each other's aid, these powers but meet,
As nature's self shows light, combin'd with heat:
Oh! born, to grace their union, let 'em share
Thy thoughts exertion, and reward thy care:
The willing arts bid all their praise be thine;
For thee, tun'd discords into musick join;
What others, lab'ring hopeless, hardly gain,
'Twas thine, at once, to start for, and obtain.
To instant growth, without gradation, drawn,
High noon leapt backward, to embrace the dawn;
Time and experience sunk, to speed thy way,
And genius grasp'd creation, in a day!
As nature's self shows light, combin'd with heat:
Oh! born, to grace their union, let 'em share
Thy thoughts exertion, and reward thy care:
The willing arts bid all their praise be thine;
For thee, tun'd discords into musick join;
What others, lab'ring hopeless, hardly gain,
'Twas thine, at once, to start for, and obtain.
To instant growth, without gradation, drawn,
High noon leapt backward, to embrace the dawn;
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And genius grasp'd creation, in a day!
Nor let malignant envy blast thy claim,
Since wit, and virtue, triumph, in thy fame.
Oh! let no rogue, of damn'd Iago's race,
To wile-try'd torture, rack that honest face:
Seem, what thou art, brave, faithful, amorous, gay;
The noblest passions please, the noblest way.
Heart humaniz'd, head clear, hands clean, soul great,
Sharp sense, mild manners, ease, adorning weight,
Sun of our Stage, shine on: we feel thy light:
Thy warmth how fruitful! and thy beam, how bright!
Each guilt thou paint'st, by borrow'd art, is shown,
But every goodness native, and thy own.
Since wit, and virtue, triumph, in thy fame.
Oh! let no rogue, of damn'd Iago's race,
To wile-try'd torture, rack that honest face:
Seem, what thou art, brave, faithful, amorous, gay;
The noblest passions please, the noblest way.
Heart humaniz'd, head clear, hands clean, soul great,
Sharp sense, mild manners, ease, adorning weight,
Sun of our Stage, shine on: we feel thy light:
Thy warmth how fruitful! and thy beam, how bright!
Each guilt thou paint'st, by borrow'd art, is shown,
But every goodness native, and thy own.
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