Assisted by “the powers above,”
Have made C——s K——n an actor!
“’Tis true,” his generous patrons say,
“Of genius he ne’er had a ray;
Yet, all his faults to smother,
The youth inherits, from his sire,
A name which all the world admire,
And dearly loves his mother!”
Stripp’d of his adventitious aid,
He ne’er ten pounds a week had made;