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SONGSTER. 1571
some of the fish I Oh yes, I sigh for my beautiful
maid. Mr. Rant shall I give you goose 1 No, I've
ei^iugh of that on the boards. Has John Dory madc^
his, exit ? Yes, and enter John Grouse. How
they are fighting for the pease. Only rehearsing
the battlie of Hastings. Do you take 0. P. or P. S. 1
What's Uiat] Old port or prime sherry. Mr.
Prompter, will you wet your whistle with a glass of
wine I Here's a bumper to your benefit. Ring for
the call. Mr. Manager, what wiU you have ] Pll
take the benefit of the act. Here, waiter, dessert and
bill. Fine fruit and a bill of the play directly, gentlemen.
Hob, nob ! what's the toast T here's success to trade ;
May all the parts in nature's drama with applause
be played!
Four and twenty poets sat *em down to dine,
Rare men, spare men, all as hungry as could be,
AU drest,in their best clothes, though not very/ fine;
^ They sat *em down by couplets, the dinner glad to
see.
(Spoken.) Brother Fiction, this is better than
feeding^ on fancy. I fancy it is. Do yon ever mean
to take that porter pot from your mouth ! Oh, the
poet says dnnk deep, or taste not Who^ll have a
Ii E G of a fowl? Mr. Pun, shaU I give you a merry
thought? Brother Tagrhyme, which of iho
ancient poets do you like best 1 Chaiicer, at dinner
time. Ah, Joe MUler. Here, waiter, all the porter's
out of print. A second edition immediately, genr^
tlemen.
Hob^ nob! what's the toast t hcrefs success to trade;
Migr fortune be, if not by vhyme^ at least by rea«»
made.