The Tragedy of Tragedies ; Or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES;

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SCENE IV.

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SCENE IV.

Grizzle
solus.
Where art thou Grizzle? where are now thy Glories?
Where are the Drums that waken'd thee to Honour?
Greatness is a lac'd Coat from Monmouth-Street,
Which Fortune lends us for a Day to wear,
To-morrow puts it on another's Back.
The spiteful Sun but yesterday survey'd
His Rival, high as Saint Paul's Cupola;
Now may he see me as Fleet-Ditch laid low

Mr. Banks has (I wish I could not say too servilely) imitated this of Grizzle in his Earl of Essex.

Where art thou Essex, &c.

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SCENE IV.