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Show GARRICK DAVI A .very nine-pin all my stage-life through ing iffidenc PUse thundepe Knock'd down by wits, set up again by you In four and twenty years the spirits cool Is it pot long enough to play the fool heClamatins o larter, He When the ty introductor He pro:ceeds to take liberties with himSelf, an concludes as follows The Chelsea pensioner who rich in scars Fights o'er, in prattle, all his former wars most dumh Though past the service, may the young ones teac To march present to fire. ahd mount the breach Should the drum beat to arms, at first he'll griev For wooden leg, lost eye, and armless sleeve Then cocks his hat, looks fierce, and swells his chest *Tis for my king, and, zounds! I'll do my best Whethe he knew that Vida, in a beautifu ode, has the sam allusion I canno say i he did, he has expanded the thought into al its circumstances Vidag' line ar muc shorter Qumd |