A collection of poems on various subjects including the theatre, a didactic essay; in the course of which are pointed out, the rocks and shoals to which deluded adventurers are inevitably exposed. Ornamented with cuts and illustrated with notes, original letters and curious incidental anecdotes [by Samuel Whyte] |
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IMPROMPTU,
ON SEEING MRS. BARRY IN THE CHARACTER OF ZENOBIA.
MDCCLXXIII.
To crown the fame of this dramatic age,
Three heroines lately have adorn'd the stage;
First, great and glorious, with consummate pow'r
The sock and buskin graceful Pritchard wore;
Next plaintive Cibber topp'd the tender part,
Drew tears from brutes, and cleft the flinty heart:—
To full perfection none durst e'er aspire,
With Cibber's softness tempering Pritchard's fire;
What then could nature for her Barry do?
“To make a third, she join'd the former two.”
| A collection of poems on various subjects | |