 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....  The Development of the Drama - Page 3by Brander Matthews - 1916 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1829 - 392 pages
...certainly was, and is The spell o'er hearts, Which only acting lends, The youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can poetry...a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusions perfect triumphs come, Verse ceases to be airy thought. And sculpture to be dumb. Birmingham.... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...Which only Acting lends. The youngest of the sister Arts, Where all their beauty blends: For ill con Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionlew, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...effects, (in the Farewell to Kemble,) has always seemed to us clearly enough borrowed from Gray : " For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought...brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come — Verse tenses u> be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb." In Gray's lines to the artist Bently, on the... | |
 | William Jerdan - Great Britain - 1834 - 410 pages
...only acting lends, The youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beauty blends. For Poetry can ill express Full many a tone of thought sublime ; And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but one partial glance from Time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's wedded triumphs come, Verse... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...thee well ! 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...mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs comerVerse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb. Time may again revive, But ne'er eclipse... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 596 pages
...youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beauty blends. August 1836. — VOL. xvi. — NO. LXIV. f * 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 this mighty actor's art, Their... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Bookbinding - 1837 - 328 pages
...well ! 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...mute and motionless. Steals but a glance of time. Butl>y the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 pages
...thee well! His was the spell o'er hearts Which only Acting lends, The youngest nf the sister Arts, Where all their beauty blends: For ill can Poetry...a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion'* perfect triumphs come,— Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb. Time... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1843 - 856 pages
...may suggest—and exhibit the roundness of form, still have the disadvantage of a flat surface, and * For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought...Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance from Time. CAMPBELL. " Rather than a semi-sequin should go to Giorgione, I shall even take the painting... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...thee well ! Hilx 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...Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, nune snd motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought. Illusion's perfect... | |
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