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And thousands more; I suffer。

The only line to fitly grace

My humble tomb; when I've run my race;

Is; 〃Reader; this is the resting…place

Of an unsuccessful duffer。〃



I've fought them all; these ghosts of mine;

But the weapons I've used are sighs and brine;

And now that I'm nearly forty…nine;

Old age is my chiefest bogy;

For my hair is thinning away at the crown;

And the silver fights with the worn…out brown;

And a general verdict sets me down

As an irreclaimable fogy。







Footnotes:



(1) A version of this ballad is published as a Song; by Mr。 

Jeffreys; Soho Square。



(2) This ballad is published as a Song; under the title 〃If;〃 by 

Messrs。 Cramer and Co。



(3) 〃Go with me to a Notary … seal me there

Your single bond。〃 … MERCHANT OF VENICE; Act I。; sc。 3。



(4) 〃And there shall she; at Friar Lawrence' cell;

Be shrived and married。〃 … ROMEO AND JULIET; Act II。; sc。 4。



(5) 〃And give the fasting horses provender。〃 … HENRY THE FIFTH; Act 

IV。; sc。 2。



(6) 〃Let us; like merchants; show our foulest wares。〃 … TROILUS AND 

CRESSIDA; Act I。; sc。 3。



(7) 〃Then must the Jew be merciful。〃 … MERCHANT OF VENICE; Act IV。; 

sc。 1。



(8) 〃The spring; the summer;

The chilling autumn; angry winter; change

Their wonted liveries。〃 … MIDSUMMER NIGHT DREAM; Act IV。; sc。 1。



(9) 〃In the county of Glo'ster; justice of the peace and CORAM。〃

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; Act I。; sc。 1。



(10) 〃What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us?〃 … KING JOHN; Act V。; 

sc。 2。



(11) 〃And I'll provide his executioner。〃 … HENRY THE SIXTH (Second 

Part); Act III。; sc。 1。



(12) 〃The lioness had torn some flesh away;

Which all this while had bled。〃 … AS YOU LIKE IT; Act IV。; sc。 3。



(13) Described by MUNGO PARK。



(14) 〃Like a bird。〃 … SLANG EXPRESSION。



(15) Reprinted from the 〃The Graphic;〃 by permission of the 

proprietors。











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