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“To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
“To raise the genius, and to mend the heart,
“To make mankind in conscious virtue bold,
“Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold:
“For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage,
“Commanding tears to stream thro' every age.”
Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato.
“To raise the genius, and to mend the heart,
“To make mankind in conscious virtue bold,
“Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold:
“For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage,
“Commanding tears to stream thro' every age.”
Pope's Prologue to Addison's Cato.
| The Prodigal | |