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Article REVIEW OF LITERATURE. ← Page 7 of 7 Article THE MASON'S FAREWELL TO THE BY-GONE YEAR. Page 1 of 3 →
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Review Of Literature.
ballet , in which AVieland plays a most exquisite monster with great effect . Covent Garden , under the new management of Mr . Macready , has met with deserved encouragement . Macbeth has been jiroduced upon the grandest scale of scenic effect ; and as a proof that fine plays finely acted will be sought for by the town , the tragedy has been many times repeated to crowded housesJoan of Arcproduced avowedlas a spectacleis a
. , y , most splendid piece of martial display : the scenery , by Marshall , fixes him in the very first rank of theatrical artists . The last novelty is Amities or the Love Test , an opera , by an hitherto unknown composer , Mr . Rooke : it is averred , by musicians , to be the purest English opera extant . AVe hope to meet Mr . Rooke again , but , we trust , with a better subject for his powers than Amilie , which is silliness itself . At the HaymarketBrother Sheridan Knowles' Love-Chace has kept
, a triumphant career of seventy nights , and will , we doubt not , run to the end of the season . The Olympic , under the tasteful management of Madame A ^ estris , puts forth its usual elegant claims on the good taste of the public . Farren , however , though he be a fine artist , is but a poor substitute for Liston : it is a crab-apple for a peach .
The Mason's Farewell To The By-Gone Year.
THE MASON'S FAREWELL TO THE BY-GONE YEAR .
BY BKOTHEB J . F . SMITH . Author of the Jesuit , Member of the Bank of England Lodge . December o ' er , and yet no stone . ' No tribute to the past year flown . No quaint device ! no sculptured rhyme !
To mark the progress of old time , To check the world amid its mirth , To tell mankind the year whose birth Seemed but as yesterday—is o ' er ; A wave receding from the shore Of human life lost in thy sea .
Dark waters of Eternity . And yet perchance , ' twere vain to raise A monument to by-gone days , Few have so lived , that the past year Hath left no smile , hath seen no tear , Hath treasured not in mem ' ry ' s cell ,
Some joy or grief on which to dwell , Twined no fresh ties around the heart . From which ' twere agony to part , Or broken one , among those few , AAHiich after-life can ne ' er renew :
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature.
ballet , in which AVieland plays a most exquisite monster with great effect . Covent Garden , under the new management of Mr . Macready , has met with deserved encouragement . Macbeth has been jiroduced upon the grandest scale of scenic effect ; and as a proof that fine plays finely acted will be sought for by the town , the tragedy has been many times repeated to crowded housesJoan of Arcproduced avowedlas a spectacleis a
. , y , most splendid piece of martial display : the scenery , by Marshall , fixes him in the very first rank of theatrical artists . The last novelty is Amities or the Love Test , an opera , by an hitherto unknown composer , Mr . Rooke : it is averred , by musicians , to be the purest English opera extant . AVe hope to meet Mr . Rooke again , but , we trust , with a better subject for his powers than Amilie , which is silliness itself . At the HaymarketBrother Sheridan Knowles' Love-Chace has kept
, a triumphant career of seventy nights , and will , we doubt not , run to the end of the season . The Olympic , under the tasteful management of Madame A ^ estris , puts forth its usual elegant claims on the good taste of the public . Farren , however , though he be a fine artist , is but a poor substitute for Liston : it is a crab-apple for a peach .
The Mason's Farewell To The By-Gone Year.
THE MASON'S FAREWELL TO THE BY-GONE YEAR .
BY BKOTHEB J . F . SMITH . Author of the Jesuit , Member of the Bank of England Lodge . December o ' er , and yet no stone . ' No tribute to the past year flown . No quaint device ! no sculptured rhyme !
To mark the progress of old time , To check the world amid its mirth , To tell mankind the year whose birth Seemed but as yesterday—is o ' er ; A wave receding from the shore Of human life lost in thy sea .
Dark waters of Eternity . And yet perchance , ' twere vain to raise A monument to by-gone days , Few have so lived , that the past year Hath left no smile , hath seen no tear , Hath treasured not in mem ' ry ' s cell ,
Some joy or grief on which to dwell , Twined no fresh ties around the heart . From which ' twere agony to part , Or broken one , among those few , AAHiich after-life can ne ' er renew :