 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...hearts Which only acting lends, — The youngest of the sister art«, Where all their beauty blende : For ill can poetry express Full many a tone of thought...Illusion's perfect triumphs come — Verse ceases to bo airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb. Time may again revive, But ne'er eclipse the charm, When... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come." So, with me production of the most consummate human genius : For ill — can poetry express, Full many a tone — of thought sublime ; And sculpture, mute and motionless, Steals but one glance from time. But, by the mighty actor's power,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...mute and motionlese, Steals but one glance from time. But, by the mighty actor's power, Their tcedded triumphs come : Verse — ceases — to be airy thought And sculpture — to be dumb. SS'i. The following — is an example of the sublime, falling rar short of a hyperbole; for, as St.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...hearts Which only acting lends, — The youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can poetry express Full many a tone of thought...ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture to be dumb. Time may again revive, But ne'er eclipse the charm, When Cato spoke in him alive, Or Hotspur kindled... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 pages
...hearts Which only acting lends — The youngest of the sister Arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can Poetry express, Full many a tone of thought...ceases to be airy thought. And Sculpture to be dumb." "High were the task — too high Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...hearts Which only acting lends — The youngest of the sister Arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can Poetry express. Full many a tone of thought...mighty Actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs comaVerse ceases lo be airy thought. And Sculpture lo be dumb." " Hieh were the task — too high.... | |
 | 1846 - 798 pages
...the most elevated feelings :— " The youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beanty blends ! For ill can poetry express Full many a tone of thought...motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the might_y actor brought, Illusion's perfect trinmphs come— Verse ceases to be airy thought, And sculpture... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting mute and motionless, Steals but a glance from time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's...ceases to be airy thought And Sculpture to be dumb." The description of an Indian chief in " Gertrude," affords another illustration : " As monumental bronze... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...An instance of similar terseness and meaning may be found in the Valedictory Stanzas to Kemble : " For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought...Painting mute and motionless, Steals but a glance from time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy... | |
 | 1846 - 206 pages
...the actor's art, to combine and embody them with the creations of the poet : — " For Poetry can ill express Full many a tone of thought sublime ; And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance from time; But, by the mighty Actor brought, Illusion's wedded triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy... | |
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His was the spell o'er hearts Which only acting lends, — The youngest of the sister Arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time.... 
