Such as almost a very babe might utter.

Although the dust of his birth-dwelling’s long since trodd’n,

He’s now, as was of yore, a glorious shining beam,

On which our memories love to feed.

His mother fondly watch’d his gentle stature:

Himself the womb of a rare sparkling brain:

And heaping, aye! unthought of world-wide wondrous fame

With his enchanting pen:—the food,

The fondest food of history, and the stage:

’Twas but a little cabinet that did contain