T HALIA 's pupil! her accomplished friend!
Whose genius eager crowds with rapture view;
Whom spirit, ease, and harmony attend;
Alike to IMOGEN , to HOYDON true:

Sometimes, even SIDDONS against grace rebels;
Sometimes to HAMPTON 's fane mistakes the way;
Catches false taste; to KEMBLE 's fustian swells;
Her brother; — but not born for tragick sway.

The faultless powers of the gay muse we prove,
In thee , chief guardian of her brilliant throne!
In thee, simplicity, and nature move;
And GARRICK , and perfection are thy own.

And if the pathos of thy varied art
Breathes in a tender interlude of song;
How the vibrations of each feeling heart
Tuned by thy voice, the liquid notes prolong!

Let others vocal art, extent, and tone
Applaud, while MARA 's undulations roll;
My faculties a stronger influence own; —
The soft, impassioned musick of the soul.

First favourite of the drama's cheerful muse!
Her pride, in mirth; in sentiment refined;
Whose magick brightens fancy's vivid hues;
Accept the tribute of an honest mind.

Yet as fair truth by me was ne'er suppressed; —
— May not self love with honesty agree?
Ambition rouzes justice in my breast;
And bids me grace my poetry with thee!

For taste must ever such a theme inspire;
And were it urged with a congenial flame,
Not less the subject than the poet's fire
Would prove my talents, and ensure my fame.