 Thine be the laurel, then; thy blooming age Can best, if any can, support the stage; Which so declines, that shortly we may see Players and plays reduced to second infancy. Sharp to the world, but thoughtless of renown, They plot not on the stage, but...  Festivals, Games & Amusements, Ancient & Modern - Page 302by Horace Smith - 1831 - 355 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...numbers feebly creep, Thy tragic muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. DRYDEN. Thine be the laurel, then ; support the stage, Which so declines, that shortly...Players and plays reduced to second infancy. DRYDEN. Ev'n kings but play; and when their part is done, Some other, worse or better, mounts the throne. DRYDEN.... | |
 | Robert William Lowe - 1891 - 210 pages
...Granville, on his Excellent Tragedy, called Heroic Love." "... thy blooming age Can best, if any can, support the stage ; Which so declines, that shortly...may see Players and plays reduced to second infancy : Sharp to the world, but thoughtless of renown, They plot not on the stage, but on the town, And,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...numbers feebly creep, Thy tragic muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. DRYDEN. Thine be the laurel, then; support the stage, Which so declines, that shortly...Players and plays reduced to second infancy. DRYDEN. Ev'n kings but play ; and when their part is done, Some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 pages
...accuse." — Absalom and Achitophel. ' Thine be the laurel then ; thy blooming age Can best, if any can, support the stage ; Which so declines that shortly...may see Players and plays reduced to second infancy. Sharp to the world but thoughtless of renown, They plot not on the stage but on the town, And, in despair... | |
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