The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
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EPIGRAM.
[Widow W---ks came, of late, in a terrible rage]
Widow
W---ks came, of late, in a terrible rage,
To the other old ladies, joint props of her stage:
Hear me, sisters, she cry'd—I pronounce a decree,
We'll have no more new Tragedies—take that from me.
When we make the town laugh, I'm as merry, as they,
But, I'm ten times more sad, at a grave losing play.
Never tell me of sense—it has cost me a fall,
And, if nonsense befriends not, I'm sure to lose all.
To the other old ladies, joint props of her stage:
Hear me, sisters, she cry'd—I pronounce a decree,
We'll have no more new Tragedies—take that from me.
When we make the town laugh, I'm as merry, as they,
But, I'm ten times more sad, at a grave losing play.
Never tell me of sense—it has cost me a fall,
And, if nonsense befriends not, I'm sure to lose all.
Well, well, cry'd J---k E---l---s, and shrug'd, with a sneer,
Tho' you'll give 'em no Tragedy, what shou'd you fear?
Say, when ask'd, why 'twas done, your next benefit night,
Nature form'd you for farce—and they'll swear you say right.
Tho' you'll give 'em no Tragedy, what shou'd you fear?
Say, when ask'd, why 'twas done, your next benefit night,
Nature form'd you for farce—and they'll swear you say right.
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