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For what I did bestow: now, not a glow-worm
But in the cheerless night displays more brightness,
And is of greater use than darkened Pericles.
Be not high-minded, queen! be not high-minded:
Time is omnipotent—the king of kings;
Their parent, and their grave." Ibid.
Lillo had much tragic power, and wrote with a
pathos which is irresistible. His versification is
uncommonly harmonious. He was, perhaps, the last
of the old school of the drama; and there are
passages in some of his plays, which would have done
no discredit to his most celebrated predecessors.
Note 83.Page 299.
"Thai. Voice and favour!—
You are—you are—O royal Pericles!— [She faints.
"Per. What means the woman? she dies! help, gentlemen!
"Cer. Noble sir,
If you have told Diana's altar true,
This is your wife.
"Per. Reverend appearer, no;
I threw her o'erboard with these very arms.
"Cer. Upon this coast I warrant you.
