MISCELLANIES. AN ACTOR. AN actor's the Wonder, the Rage, And yet th' Heir at Law can insure The Hypocrite, for he can scoff. At Home, he is then full of whim, But when Not at Home there's a hiss; A hint Look at Home is to him, Whene'er Out of Place, Hit or Miss. The Country Attorney be plays, For Love, Law, and Physic he knows. The School of Reform to pisplay; The School (tho') for Scandal, indeed, Doth Turn out-The Lie of the Day. But tho' False and True he appears, Tho' Dead and Alive to Remorse, Tho' sometimes he wears asses ears— No ELEPHANT he, nor a HORSE. O. P. AND P. S. O. P. and P. S. oft appear, For right-hand and left-hand stage terms, An anecdote then you shall hear, A fact as my author affirms. A playbook with prompter's each mark, A gentleman took in his hand, And being an ignorant spark, He did not the signs understand. "What is enter O. F. pray?" cried he, ་་ The bookseller 'gan to explore, Why, enter O. P.-that must be, To enter, sir, opening the door.” “And enter P. S. pray explain." "Ah, that, sir, is easily done To enter P. S.-that must mean, To enter, sir, pushing straight on." PADDY'S COURTSHIP IN LONDON. A SONG. Tune-"Tight Irish Boy." I. WHEN first I left Ireland, that dear little place, Prattling, rattling, Quaffing, laughing, Sporting, courting, Joking, smoking, Winking, drinking, Whiskey, frisky, Rumical, comical, Splash away, dash away, Knocking down, stocking down, Skipping up, tripping up, Oh, botheration, a true Irish boy. |