Some men brush on, and some brush off,
And some brush out of sight!
While Grieves's[25] brush makes thousands rush
To see it every night.
[25] The eminent talents of this distinguished artist have been for a series of years displayed in the beautiful scenery produced at Covent Garden Theatre.
ON THE HYDE PARK ACHILLES.
If on this pedestal we see
Our great Achilles and Protector,
Why then the inference must be,
He whom he vanquished was a Hector.
EPIGRAMS BY W. R. V.
On reading that Madame Fodor had endangered her life by drinking vinegar to reduce her shape.
Against Fodor's existence, it may truly be said,
That custom has raised an unnatural strife;
For if she gets fat—she loses her bread;
And if she gets thin—she loses her life.
On seeing Mrs. Siddons at Covent-Garden Theatre, on the first night of the appearance of Miss Dance.
Piozzi, when eighty, at a dance led the first,
But she was mirth's votary through life's pleasant trance,
And though fame knows not age, yet our wonder is just,
Where Melpomene's self comes to welcome the Dance.