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Excerpt from Songs, Chorusses, &C. In the New Comic Pantomime, Called Harlequin and Fancy, or the Poet's Last Shilling: Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Tuesday December 26, 1815
Thy tragedy scribbling is but a poor trade, But to-morrow all care thou shalt bury Write a Pantomime quickly, nay don't be afraid, In the int'rim spend me and be merry. Poet-a Pantomime! Must I degrade my poor muse Thy silver tongued dictates fulfilling If I do, I'll be Hush! Nor my council refuse - f Farewell think of me thy last shilling. Poet speaks. 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.
