14. When far from thee I bide, In dreams still at thy side 15. I've talk'd to thee; And when I woke, I sigh'd Myself alone to see. From the German- TAYLOR. We must part awhile; A few short months-tho' short, they will be long We must endure it, and our love will be JAMES G. PERCIVAL. 16. Oh Absence! by thy stern decree, Is fill'd with doubts and fears! J. T. WATSON. ACTION. 1. Whilst timorous knowledge stands considering, DANIEL. 2. Good actions crown themselves with lasting bays; Who well deserves needs not another's praise. HEATH. 3. If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; If well, the pain doth fade,—the joy remains. G. HERBERT. 16 ACTIVITY- ENTERPRISE. 4. The body sins not; 't is the will That makes the action good or ill. HERRICK. 5. Our unsteady actions cannot be Manag'd by rules of strict philosophy. SIR R. HOWARD. ACTIVITY-ENTERPRISE. 1. If it were done, when 't is done, then, 't is well That it were done quickly. SHAKSPEARE. 2. Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, SHAKSPEARE. 3. Let's take the instant by the forward top; 4. 5. How slow the time To the warm soul, that, in the very instant The keen spirit SHAKSPEARE. Seizes the prompt occasion,-makes the thoughts Plans and performs, resolves and executes ! 6. My days, though few, have pass'd below THOMSON. HANNAH MORE. BYRON'S Giaour. 7. Act! for in action are wisdom and glory; From the German. S. Seize, mortals, seize the transient hour: Life's a short summer man a flower; 1. Look to the players; see them well bestow'd: They are the abstract and brief chroniclers of the times. As the physicians by diseases do, SHAKSPEARE. 2. They say we live by vice; indeed 'tis true; Only to cure them. RANDOLPH. 3. Boldly I dare say There has been more by us in some one play RANDOLPH. 18 ACTORS-DRAMA - THEATRE. 4. When, with mock majesty and fancied power, And rhyme and quibble in the pains of death. 5. Whose every look and gesture was a joke 6. TICKELL. BLAIR'S Grave. What we hear With weaker passion will affect the heart, FRANCIS' Horace. 7. Lo, where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. 8. Where one base scene shall turn more souls to shame, Than ten of Channing's Lectures can reclaim. SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. 9. Where mincing dancers sport tight pantalets, And turn fops' heads while turning pirouettes. 10. SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. And turn from gentle Juliet's woe, SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. ADIEU-FAREWELL-PARTING. 1. With that, wringing my hand he turn'd away, 2. I part with thee As wretches, that are doubtful of hereafter, . 3. Then came the parting hour, and what arise 4. "T were vain to speak, to weep, to sigh; DANIEL. ROWE. CRABBE'S Hall. 5. Farewell!-a word that hath been and must be, A sound that makes us linger-yet, farewell! BYRON. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 6. Let's not unman each other-part at once; 7. One struggle more, and I am free BYRON'S Sardanapalus. From pangs that rend my heart in twain; Then back to busy life again. BYRON. |