 | 1885 - 686 pages
...slept. Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remained though Nature fled. But forced at length her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit; Exulting Folly hailed the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirmed her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - 376 pages
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled. But forced at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great...Faustus lay the ghost of Wit; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirm'd her sway. THOMSON. From Summer. [17*7 Sidney. NOR can... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...slept. Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remained though Nature fled. But forced at length her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hailed the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirmed her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
 | Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 394 pages
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remained, though Nature fled. But forced, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hailed the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirmed her sway. But who the coming changes can presage,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1898 - 536 pages
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remained though Nature fled. But forced, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hailed the joyous Day, And Pantomime and Song confirmed her sway. Instead of " effects," say " labours... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1900 - 482 pages
...Yet still did Virtue deign the Stage to tread ; Philosophy remained, though Nature fled ! But forced, at length, her ancient reign to quit ; She saw great FAUSTUS lay the ghost of Wit. Exulting Folly hailed the glorious day; And Pantomine and Song confirmed her sway. But who the coming changes can... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled; But forced, at length, her ancient reign to enter' d But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the stage? Perhaps, if skill... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...slept. Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remained though Nature fled. But forced at length her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hailed the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirmed her sway. But who the coining changes can presage,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 532 pages
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remained though Nature fled. But forced, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of Wit ; Exulting Folly hailed the joyous Day, And Pantomime and Song confirmed her sway. Instead of " effects," say " labours... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 pages
...Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd, though Nature fled; But forced, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great...joyous day, And pantomime and song confirm'd her sway. But who the coming changes can presage, And mark the future periods of the stage? Perhaps, if skill... | |
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But forc'd, at length, her ancient reign to quit, She saw great Faustus lay the ghost of wit ; Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day, And Pantomime and Song confirm'd her sway. 
