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PARODY ON “LULLABY.”
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PARODY ON “LULLABY.”
WRITTEN ON SEEING THOMAS WILLOUGHBY, TRAGEDIAN, RATHER BELOW HIMSELF.
Peaceful, slumb'ring in the ale-house,
See the god-like Rollo lie;
Drink outwits the best of fellows:
Here lies poor Tom Willoughby.
See the god-like Rollo lie;
Drink outwits the best of fellows:
Here lies poor Tom Willoughby.
Where is stern King Richard's fury?
Where is Osmond's blood-flushed eye?
See these mighty men before ye,
Sunk to poor Tom Willoughby.
Where is Osmond's blood-flushed eye?
See these mighty men before ye,
Sunk to poor Tom Willoughby.
Pity 'tis that men of merit
Thus such sterling worth destroy:
O ye gods! did I inherit
Half the pow'rs of Willoughby!
Thus such sterling worth destroy:
O ye gods! did I inherit
Half the pow'rs of Willoughby!
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