Yes, he's far gone:—and yet some pity fix,

The English laws forbid to punish lunatics.

PROLOGUE TO ZOBEIDE,

A TRAGEDY; WRITTEN BY JOSEPH CRADDOCK, ESQ.

SPOKEN BY MR. QUICK, IN THE CHARACTER OF A SAILOR.

In these bold times, when Learning's sons explore

The distant climate, and the savage shore;

When wise astronomers to India steer,

And quit for Venus many a brighter here;

While botanists, all cold to smiles and dimpling,