The Comic Almanack, Volume 1 / An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

by William Makepeace Thackeray; Gilbert Abbott À Beckett; Henry Mayhew; Horace Mayhew; Albert Smith

And these are the deeds of the Archers of Frogshot.

13 Edmund Kean d. 1833.

AMATEUR THEATRICALS.

Behold the beardless Flat, a fancied Kean;

The mawkish maid a stilted heroine;

Tailors, retailers, spread dismay around,

Heroes, by "This Endenture," basely bound,

Braving the Chamberlain's portentous frown,

Wield the baton, or mount the paper crown;