. Antony & Cleopatra. •»» -J ?m .^ NEW-YORK DUPRAT & CO1891 p t ^ 0 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA BY W. J. ROLFE, Litt. D. There are no portions of English and Roman historythat seem so real to us as those which Shakespeare hasmade the subjects of his plays. ((History)^, said Macaulay,before he had written history, « should be a compoundof poetry and philosophy, impressing general truths onthe mind by a vivid representation of particular charactersand incidents ». The true poet, then, must be the best ofhistorians. He sees the mere facts or phenomena of thepast more clearly than other men do, and hi
. Antony & Cleopatra. •»» -J ?m .^ NEW-YORK DUPRAT & CO1891 p t ^ 0 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA BY W. J. ROLFE, Litt. D. There are no portions of English and Roman historythat seem so real to us as those which Shakespeare hasmade the subjects of his plays. ((History)^, said Macaulay,before he had written history, « should be a compoundof poetry and philosophy, impressing general truths onthe mind by a vivid representation of particular charactersand incidents ». The true poet, then, must be the best ofhistorians. He sees the mere facts or phenomena of thepast more clearly than other men do, and his penetrativevision pierces yet deeper to the spiritual forces that workout the phenomena; as the man of science sees the subtleelectricity behind the flash of the lightning and the roll ofthe thunder. History, unless it be of the ideal type describedby Macaulay, merely writes the obituary of the deadpast; Poetry calls it back from the grave, and makes it liveagain before our eyes. The moral lessons of history are Antony and Cl
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