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THE EPILOGUE,

ADDRESS RECAPITULATORY.

Soften ig JUeatft in Character.

Pray don't alarm yourselves \—'tis onlyl!Just come to speak the Epilogue, —and tryTo make my bow, for once, before the curtain—Behind I've play'd an active part, that's certain :Aye, aye—sharp work I've had of late, I trow—Important " Doings," both with high and low;The rich, the proud, the humble, and the poor,The learned sage, and the unletter'd boor,Have all succumb'd—and so must thousands more.Why, bless me, how you start! how pale you look !You tremble, eh, lest you be ',' brought to book ?"Nay, do not fear! I now come but to speak, —Perhaps on business I may call next week:—Next week's too soon, you say?—well, then, I'll giveA further respite, if you needs must live