Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of John O'keeffe, Esq., Vol. 2 of 4 What can we now invite you to partake, When realms have been exhausted for your sake, And ample Nature travers'd o'er and o'er, 'Till all her beaten haunts will yield no more? From climes where Ph bus pours his brightest ray To where scarce saintly gleams the twilight day, The dauntless Bard has urg'd his vent'rous aim, To greet you till with fresh Dramatic game. One noble Hunter, of the Thespian train, Rush'd from his Avons's side o'er earthsss domain, And brought with happy Magic, more than toil, The motley tribes of ev'ry varying soil; While his quick eye so widely could explore That Time himself, mail ne'er discover more: Nay, in the track of his sublime career, We pass the bounds of Natures humble sphere; And zealous after all our search has found, Through radiant wilds of Fancy's fairy ground; Once more the arduous chace we dare pursue, And fondly hope we've harted something new. Our Hero, for so far we may discover, Is a young Actor, and of course a lover! But, what, perhaps, will raise no flight surprise! Though used to various shapes, above disguise. Fictitious language, of a borrow'd part, Sports from his tongue, indeed, but not his heart! For Nature's warm and absolute controul Guides ev'ry impulse of his gen'rous soul. Sure such a pat your favour must engage, And though a stranger on the mimic stage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works