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Another scene ! it was a sudden change ; And as magnificent as it was strange. 1 saw him on a throne — in the left hand A wreath of laurel — in the right a wand : His awful looks bespoke him more than man, And to the list'ning throng he thus began. " Tiiose who are Candidates for Tragic fame, Dra wnear, and now assert your mighty claim. Behold ! this wreath of laurel is design'd For him who bears the greatest Tragic mind. " Forthwith a man, whose looks and figure prov'd That in the histrionic l...ine he mov'd. Bursts from th' assembly, anxious to lay claim To that which would immortalize his name. Tbe part in which he fancied that he shone Was fam'd King Lear, deserted by his own ! Alas ! poor man ! he could not move with grace ; And when in grief — how vacant was his face ! He stampt and roar'd, as others did before, Because he thoutjlit a madman needs nnist roar. 84 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. JCSTICE at length — whose eyes betoken'd rage, — Address'd this mighty giant of the stage : ** Forbear, rash youth, and hear my just decree : A Tragic actor ne'er attempt to be : Thinkst thou a handsome look — a form that's fine.
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