 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...realities. Going nearer, I found inscribed under this harlequin figure the following lines : — " To paint fair Nature, by divine command, Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakspeare rose ; then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...saddest realities. Going nearer, I found inscribed under this harlequin figure the following lines : — To paint fair Nature, by divine command, Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakspere rose : then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Gar-rick came. Though sunk... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1876 - 478 pages
...saddest realities. Going nearer, I found inscribed under this harlequin figure the following lines : — "To paint fair Nature, by divine command Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakspeare rose; then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 556 pages
...works. " To paint fair nature, by divine command, Her magic pencil m his glowing hand, A Shakspeare rose, — then to expand his fame, Wide o'er this...Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, The Actoi's genius bade them breathe anew : Though, like the Bard himself m night they lay, Immortal Garrick... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 538 pages
...allegorical of the way in which his theatrical performance unveiled the beauties of Shakspeare's works. " To paint fair nature, by divine command, Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakspeare rose, — then to expand his fame, Wide o'er this ' breathing world,' a Garrick came. Though... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Poetry - 1879 - 672 pages
...saddest realities. Going nearer, I found inscribed under this harlequin figure the following lines : — To paint fair Nature, by Divine command, Her magic...death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius made them breathe anew ; Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, Immortal Garrick called... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...'•To paint fair Nature, Ъу divino command, Her inn-lc peni-il in his plowing hand, A Shakspeare here so absolutely as in a Quakers' Meeting. — Those first hermits did certainly un mink in death the forms the Poet drew, Tbe Actor's genius bade them breathe anew ; Though, like the... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English essays - 1881 - 892 pages
...lines : " To paint fair Nnture, by divine command Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shak«peare rose; then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing...death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius bnde them breathe anew; Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, Immortal Garrick called them... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1882 - 460 pages
...realities. Going nearer, I found inscribed under this harlequin figure the following lines : — " To paint fair Nature, by divine command Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakspeare rose ; then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk... | |
 | Curious epitaphs - 1883 - 208 pages
...more ! Farewell ! thy sun of life too soon hath set, Garrick's epitaph in Westminster Abbey, leads:— To paint fair Nature by divine command, Her magic...SHAKESPEARE rose ; then, to expand his fame Wide o'er the breathing world, a GARRICK came : Tho' sunk in death, the forms the poet drew The actor's genius... | |
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To paint fair Nature, by divine command, Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakespeare rose : then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius bade them breathe... 
