Dull reptiles. Hence, ye wrong-adjudg'd Reports;

Ye dry collections, hence. I leave ye all

To those grave, solid-looking fools, whose ears

Tautology best charms. Oh! Shakspeare, come

With all thy pupils. Fire my glowing breast,

Expand my genius, and enlarge my soul.'

Kindled that instant at the raptur'd thought,

His intellects, high tow'ring flew to realms

Dramatic. There the storehouse of his brain

He fill'd redundant. Here he tries his skill