Th' ear-piercing whistle, and terrific bell,

The plaguy placard, drum, and deafning rattle ;
The voice Stentorian, and the serpent's hiss!
Sibilant!-all, all awake me

From dreams delusive of eternal triumph!
And ye, ye catcalls, of infernal sound,
Whose barbarous sounds might even split the ears
Of Belzebub himself,--
--cease your horrific din.
No more the valiant Dan, with host of Israel,
Flank'd and supported by the Bow-street tribe
Of myrmidons, and bruisers squaring in the pit ;—
No more the phalanx dares to face the town.
O'erwhelm'd by numbers and determin'd hate ;—
No more the orders in the boxes now

Support the managers, but placards wave,

And O. P's. shine from every box!-initials hateful:
All, all, our efforts are in vain, and fate decides
By the loud voice of the people,irresistible,

That prices be reduced, and privacieз

Thrown open.

Farewell,-Othello's occupation's gone!

ANACREON IN Bow STREET.

By the author of " My Pocket Book."

As rapt I sweep the golden lyre,
To love I cry, "my notes inspire,
And let me sing of Rosa :"
But Thespian wars fill all my strain,
Tom Harris, junior, hopeless swain!

John Kemble and Mendoza.

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THEATRES AND THEATRICALS.

Then, if I to the stage belong,

O! let me sing the charms of song,
Of Billington and Braham!
In vain, again my wishes fail,
I sing of nought but heavy bail,
Of Townsend and of Graham.

The soul of harmony is dead,
And vilest discord reigns instead,
With rioting and battles.

To shrieking owls are turn'd my doves,

To O. P. men the little loves:

My lyre to horns and rattles.

THE UNSUCCESSFUL GHOST.

An unfortunate débutant who made his appearance as the Ghost, in " Hamlet," was so rudely treated by the audience, that, in the midst of the scene, he took off his visor, and put the audience in perfect good humour by saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen, it was my hope to please you; if I have failed, I must give up the Ghost."

END OF VOL. II.

LONDON:

Printed by D. S. Maurice, Fenchurch-street.

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