Cato

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What pity is it,
That we can die but once, to serve our country!

Joseph Addison

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Topic

Serving one's country Citizen and state Patriotism

Author

Joseph Addison

Source

Cato

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1713 1700s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Addison, Joseph. Cato. 14 April 1713, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1, l. 258.

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;
To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,
Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold:
For this the tragic Muse first trod the stage.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Purpose of art Power of art Art

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Prologue to Addison's Tragedy of Cato Cato

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1713 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. "Prologue to Addison's Cato." Cato, written by Joseph Addison. 14 Apr. 1713, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, UK, I. 1-5.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "Prologue to Mr. Addison's Tragedy of Cato." Pope: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series). Everyman's Library, 2018, I. 1-5.