Epitaph to the Memory of George Colman the Younger
THE YOUNGER ,
WHO SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER
AS
PATENTEE OF THE HAYMARKET THEATRE
HE WAS
PRE-EMINENT AS A DRAMATIST ,
ADMIRED AS A POET ,
CONSPICUOUS AS A WIT ,
AND
BELOVED AS A MAN .
Colman, the Muse's child, the Drama's Pride,
Whose works now waken joy, or grief impart;
Humour with pathos, wit with sense allied,
A playful fancy, and a feeling heart, —
His task accomplish'd, and his circuit run,
Here finds at last his monumental bed;
Take then, departed Shade, this lay from one
Who lov'd thee living, and laments thee dead.
WHO SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER
AS
PATENTEE OF THE HAYMARKET THEATRE
HE WAS
PRE-EMINENT AS A DRAMATIST ,
ADMIRED AS A POET ,
CONSPICUOUS AS A WIT ,
AND
BELOVED AS A MAN .
Colman, the Muse's child, the Drama's Pride,
Whose works now waken joy, or grief impart;
Humour with pathos, wit with sense allied,
A playful fancy, and a feeling heart, —
His task accomplish'd, and his circuit run,
Here finds at last his monumental bed;
Take then, departed Shade, this lay from one
Who lov'd thee living, and laments thee dead.
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