Jew of Malta, The - Epilogue to the Stage
AT THE COCK-PIT
In graving with Pygmalion to contend,
Or painting with Apelles, doubtless the end
Must be disgrace; our actor did not so:
He only aim'd to go, but not out-go.
Nor think that this day any prize was play'd;
Here were no bets at all, no wagers laid;
All the ambition that his mind doth swell,
Is but to hear from you (by me) 'twas well.
In graving with Pygmalion to contend,
Or painting with Apelles, doubtless the end
Must be disgrace; our actor did not so:
He only aim'd to go, but not out-go.
Nor think that this day any prize was play'd;
Here were no bets at all, no wagers laid;
All the ambition that his mind doth swell,
Is but to hear from you (by me) 'twas well.
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