Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

The Tragick Muse Full Twice a Thousand Years [from a Collection of Letters, and State Papers]

London

Printed for the Author

1756

"A war of passions in their breasts they feel / As the muse fires, who have not hearts of Steel."

The tragick muse full twice a thousand years,
In lofty scenes has rais'd our hopes and fears;
By unexpected turns she gives surprise,
New joys she gives, then fils with tears our eyes;
A war of passions in their breasts they feel
As the muse fires, who have not hearts of Steel.
(II, p. 693, ll. 1-6)

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Poem appears in a letter from In a letter from R. Henley. Attribution to Cooke is uncertain.

Text from A Collection of Letters, and State Papers, from the Original Manuscripts of Several Princes and Great Personages in the Two Last Centuries; With Some Curious and Scarce Tracts, and Pieces of Antiquity, Modern Letters, &C. on Several Important Subjects, in Two Volumes. to Which Are Added Memoirs of the Unfortunate Prince Anthony the First of Portugal, and the Oeconomy of High-Life. Compiled by L. Howard, 2 vols. (London: Printed for the Author, 1756), ii, p. 693. <Link to ESTC>

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