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some of them appear extremely apocryphal. The author of an article on him
in the _Edinburgh Review_ for January 1845 asserts that he was rejected
from Oxford because he had already been married. But, if so, why was he
admitted to Cambridge? Besides, the writer adduces no proof of his
assertion. The paper, otherwise, is worthy of its author and of the poet.
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CONTENTS.
THE ROSCIAD
THE APOLOGY
NIGHT
THE PROPHECY OF FAMINE
AN EPISTLE TO WILLIAM HOGARTH
THE DUELLIST
GOTHAM
THE AUTHOR
THE CONFERENCE
THE GHOST
THE CANDIDATE
THE FAREWELL
THE TIMES
INDEPENDENCE
THE JOURNEY
DEDICATION TO CHURCHILL'S SERMONS
LINES WRITTEN IN WINDSOR PARK
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THE ROSCIAD.[1]
Unknowing and unknown, the hardy Muse
Boldly defies all mean and partial views;
With honest freedom plays the critic's part,
And praises, as she censures, from the heart.
Roscius[2] deceased, each high aspiring player
Push'd all his interest for the vacant chair.
The buskin'd heroes of the mimic stage
No longer whine in love, and rant in rage;
The monarch quits his throne, and condescends
Humbly to court the favour of his friends;
For pity's sake tells undeserved mishaps,
And, their applause to gain, recounts his claps.
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