[113 — To R. C. Dallas]

February 12, 1809.

[Excuse]

the trouble, but I have added two lines which are necessary to complete the poetical character of Lord Carlisle

[1]

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..........in his age
His scenes alone had damn'd our singing stage;
But Managers for once cried, "hold, enough!"
Nor drugg'd their audience with the tragic stuff!

Yours, etc.,

B.