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Excerpt from Grieving's a Folly: A Comedy in Five Acts Prologue Written and Spoken by Mr. Eyre. When with a trembling heart an author sues, And begs protection for his Virgin Muse, The Prologue, counsel for the plaintiff's case, Intreats for mercy, and implores for grace. "This is the poet's cant," I hear you say, "An old, stale trick, practis'd before to-day, "To make us tolerate some wretched play." Yet, if we place before some longing guest, Immortal Shakespeare s intellectual feast, So pamper'd is the taste, so weak the head, Some, rather would go supperless to bed, Would rather cloy on sweets, nay, rather fast, Than come to banquet on the rich repast - At treats like those, few visitors are found, For novelty they crave the whole year round. Since then variety gives such delight, Three novelties we offer here to-night - The first, a theatre, compact and small, Where (without glasses) you may see us all; The next, a building, where we need not bawl, For, if you listen, you may hear us all; The third and last great novelty we boast, And what will probably surprize you most, Is, that our author - wond'rous to be told! Is not a needy wight who writes for gold! 'Till now a stranger to the walks of fame, Friendship and science were his only aim, There, center'd ev'ry hope, there, ev'ry view, 'Till Fancy rais'd the thought of pleasing you, - And with the feelings of a Patron fir'd, He freely gave us what his Muse inspir'd! Then on his efforts be not too severe, Nor damp the ardor of a volunteer: Where judgment censures let your mercy plead, - But spare his errors for the gen'rous deed! Thus bolden'd by your smiles, some future bard, May seek, e'en here, the poet's bright reward, May strike the lyre to some enraptur'd strain, And breathe the notes of ancient Greece again, Make this Lyceum like the one of yore, Sacred to genius and to classic lore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Pełny tytuł: Grieving's a Folly
• Podtytuł: A Comedy in Five Acts (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: Richard Leigh
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 82
• EAN: 9781331065111
• ISBN: 9781331065111
• ID: 09715743
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 122 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 4 mm
• Data wydania: 09. July 2015

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