Plays, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from Plays, Vol. 5: A Collection of Thirty 18th Century English Plays, Principally ComediesA mirror, varying with each varying age. If fach their aim in Anna's golden days, Who won the fairelt wreaths of comic praire That age perchance (our ifle's Angullan pride) A happier race of character {upply'd Features of bolder outline to command The painter's eye, and prompt his willing hand. When bounteous Nature biings to fancy's aid Forms in her own luxuriant charms array'd, Art works with eafe but each rare model gone, Pictures are canvas, fiatues are but (lone, Say from what modern {park would Congreve pleafe To copy fprightly fenfe or graceful cafe? Does Mirabel yet grace the polifh'd throng? Or to what club does Valentine belong? Should Farquhar now his playful pen refume, Where would he find an Archer or a Plume? From a tame find: not Vanbrugh could extrac't An ounce of humour to eke out an act In vain we emulate their daring rules, Whole fools were wits, when all our wits are fools. Vain were the talk, with all their pow'rs together, To lafh a fly, or dramatize a feather. Whillt {ympathy's alternate tribute flows O'er Friburg's wrongs and Haller's confcious woes, What juil: alarms invade our Author's brealt, Whofe trade is merriment, whofe theme is je¿. But tho' the Foreign Mufe your tears beguiles, There's no embargo laid on Britilh (miles. Search then abroad for tragic tales alone Laugh when you can - Thalia be your own.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.