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Prologue To The Way To Get Married,
PROLOGUE TO THE WAY TO GET MARRIED ,
WRITTEN BY W . T . FITZGERALD , ESQ .
SPOKEN BY MR . MACKEADY . THE Stage should be to life a faithful glass , Reflecting modes and manners as they pas ? : If these extravagant appear to you , Blame not the drama—the reflection ' s true . Our author makes of virtue no parade
, And only ridicules the vice of trade ; . . Exposes folly in its native tint , And leaves mankind to profit by the hint . The modern buck , how diff ' rent from the beau In bag and ruffles sixty years ago ? The City Coxcomb then was seldom seen { Conlin'd to Bunhill Row , or Bethnal Green ) ; West of Cheapside you then could scarcely meet
The gay Lothario—of Threadneedle-street 1 ' His folly rarely met the public eye , Or like a shadow pass'd unheeded by : Tradesman and Rake were then remov'd as far As gay St . James's is from Temple-bar . But now the Cit must breathe a purer air ; The 'Change he visits—lives in Bedford-square ; Insures a fleet—then BOOTLE ' S club attends , Proud to be noticed by his titled friends , And strives to join , by Dissipation's aid ,
The Man of Fashion with the Man of Trade . Vain to associate with superior rank , He quits his Ledger—for the Faro Bank ; His dashing curricle down Bond-street drives , Risking his own—and ¦ worse— his horses' lives ; Till , urging Fortune's glowing wheel too fast—This empty air-blown Bubble breaks at last ! Though Trade ive such upstart mushrooms birth
may g , The Muse pays homage to its real worth . This Isle to Commerce owes her splendid state , The source of all that makes her truly great ; And ' midst her busy sons enough are found - ' To raise dejected Mis ' ry from the ground . ' While Commerce , with a lib ' ral heart bestows Her wealth to mitigate the poor man ' s woes ; Seeks out the
wretch , his gloomy prison cheers , And wipes with pitying hand the widow's tears ; Th' applauding world will say ( such bounty giv ' n ) The English Merchant is the Steward of Heav'ri ! Our Author now that candour would implore Which j-our indulgence has bestow'd before ; Still on a gen'rous . Public he depends ; Give your support—lie asks no better friends .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Prologue To The Way To Get Married,
PROLOGUE TO THE WAY TO GET MARRIED ,
WRITTEN BY W . T . FITZGERALD , ESQ .
SPOKEN BY MR . MACKEADY . THE Stage should be to life a faithful glass , Reflecting modes and manners as they pas ? : If these extravagant appear to you , Blame not the drama—the reflection ' s true . Our author makes of virtue no parade
, And only ridicules the vice of trade ; . . Exposes folly in its native tint , And leaves mankind to profit by the hint . The modern buck , how diff ' rent from the beau In bag and ruffles sixty years ago ? The City Coxcomb then was seldom seen { Conlin'd to Bunhill Row , or Bethnal Green ) ; West of Cheapside you then could scarcely meet
The gay Lothario—of Threadneedle-street 1 ' His folly rarely met the public eye , Or like a shadow pass'd unheeded by : Tradesman and Rake were then remov'd as far As gay St . James's is from Temple-bar . But now the Cit must breathe a purer air ; The 'Change he visits—lives in Bedford-square ; Insures a fleet—then BOOTLE ' S club attends , Proud to be noticed by his titled friends , And strives to join , by Dissipation's aid ,
The Man of Fashion with the Man of Trade . Vain to associate with superior rank , He quits his Ledger—for the Faro Bank ; His dashing curricle down Bond-street drives , Risking his own—and ¦ worse— his horses' lives ; Till , urging Fortune's glowing wheel too fast—This empty air-blown Bubble breaks at last ! Though Trade ive such upstart mushrooms birth
may g , The Muse pays homage to its real worth . This Isle to Commerce owes her splendid state , The source of all that makes her truly great ; And ' midst her busy sons enough are found - ' To raise dejected Mis ' ry from the ground . ' While Commerce , with a lib ' ral heart bestows Her wealth to mitigate the poor man ' s woes ; Seeks out the
wretch , his gloomy prison cheers , And wipes with pitying hand the widow's tears ; Th' applauding world will say ( such bounty giv ' n ) The English Merchant is the Steward of Heav'ri ! Our Author now that candour would implore Which j-our indulgence has bestow'd before ; Still on a gen'rous . Public he depends ; Give your support—lie asks no better friends .