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382-"l 1 . Brz'tz's’A’‘'IntleZl2g'e:2cc., .
"Change We the scene’!-‘Melpomene a'ppea'r5,'-’-, 7" ”'
From‘pity's eye descend the pearly-tears ; -3' " A ’
The fierce:-“passions yield to her control ; ‘
She harmoniaes, soothes, refines the soul. , t l - 7+
There wretched Lear too late perceives his fault, - '
By‘harsh muisfortunefs bitter lesson taught.‘ i A,
" Take physic, pomp,’3 and mark the passing scene.
“Where ineach line a moral ye may glean. av ' 3 up
Now sad Ophelia mourns ;-our hearts o’erflow;f4 V, --
With all the softer sentiment of .woe ; 1‘ -‘ "
1 But ,with what indignation, must we burn,
‘Vhen we behold the cruel; ‘base return " ‘ 2
Of .'I‘imon’s faithless friends E--Theresmay be vies-v"d >
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The dire elfects of‘ man's ingratitude.
Thus from the Stageinstruction we may gain,
And while amusedforget not others pain; , V
For here did Heavcmborn charity preside, .. .
Smile o'er our labours with a‘mother's pride, ' V‘ '
‘While from thetwidowecl eye the tear we dried.
[Tlzecurtain (oi jjzll Izerca few feet, and remain
suspcnrlezyimtill it falls c)1tireIy,] ‘
But nmy the curtain falls.-Our task 15 o'er--
Adieu l We to this stage return no more.
. The curtain falls‘.-‘hut must its fall include '. . t . ,
' All future action ?-No,-.-in fancy's'1nood, : " '
’ ' our‘ welcoxneplaudits‘ oft shall greet the ear, , . ,
‘-’ ’ " ' Revive our spirits, and the past endcar.. ‘ .' ‘ .
In ‘S. curtain’d sleep” when.rc5i;;'ns the “ witching night,"
‘ ' .. This brilliant circle oft shall meet our sight - .
' Your eyes, yd lair! repay ‘uswith applause, " “ ,1 "' ‘I ‘
And givcragain‘the‘palm’to‘]lIcrcy’s cause." ‘ '
‘Still are we actors ! stillbebur reward
Our country's 'gratitu'de, anrlyour regard ; ' y ‘
And, at the closing-scene‘, ‘twill cheer each heart, '
‘To feel We well haye playeil-Life": arduous part; 1 ‘
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. ' , . e um QUEEN or mANcE's rUriEmL.. .. 5
, it nine o'clock on Monday morning,‘ November, 96th the service far.thc 318!
5.98’?-n at the Roman Catholic'Chap,el, Portmamsquare. The‘ French,Pr1ncES 31"
rived at ten, the foreign Ambassadors between eleven and twelve. l . s t ‘
t The coflin was placedin the middle of the chapel, coverexluivitlrcrimson "91" ’
and highly omamented; in an escutcheon were the arms of France and Savoya,
andthc crownof France ivas placed at the, head ; it ' was ; surrounded with .40
ll’.-ihtcd tapers.-At the head of the,cofiin”stood the l)ul<e:,d'Arrey, as hiwmg the
Chmge 05 the crown ; andnear him Pure Elizec, Surgeon tolher Majf.‘5tY-'v “El 6
f0’-.>t. next to the altar, stood the Count de la Chatrc as Commissary of the “"9
Of‘ FYMCC: and near him the‘Compte du Naxitoiiillet’ Master,of‘-the Cerefnm
nies. On the right, on a row of raised seats‘ were the French Princes; M0“5'e“r'
the D“l‘c ‘Ia An;I.’0ul0mc', the Dulcede Berrv, the Prince de Conde,7.-md the Duke
dc Bourbon ; and below tliemtheir respectirc’ ollicers. Mrrde Br0V:iIli We 5“Ppn5"
as representing the Duke of Orleans, sat on thcyleft of the Princes. On the 9‘
Of the Collin. and opposite the French Princes wasanother row of seats f0".the
Foreign Ambassadors. Below them were the (lrcat Dignitaries of l the. ancient
French military and ehivali-ic orders? ; > .; .. ‘ t-,