ON MR ****** ACTOR

GReat child of nature, well you play your part,
Yet nature sure would need a little art. 
Excuse me ****** but I'm forc'd to tell,
In nought so much as bawling you excell. 
And where there's no occasion for a storm,
Your head's too giddy, and your blood too warm. 
For instance now, when men are making love,
They bill and coo, as gentle as the dove;
But you, all foaming like a savage bear,
Attempt with blust'ring cries to move the fair. 
How inconsistent, vain unthinking boy,
To rage a tyrant, while you look a toy. 
You gain applause — good faith, I grant it true,
Nothing like roaring charms the vulgar crew. 
But men, whose judgement's rather more acute,
Astonish'd stare, with indignation mute. 

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Title (in Source Edition): ON MR ****** ACTOR

Author: Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay)

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Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1790, p. 71. 92p. (ESTC T104666) (Page images digitized from a copy at University of California Libraries — third-party rights apply.)

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ON A YOUNG LADY ()
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ON RECEIVING A POT OF THYME ()
ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTH-DAY ()
ON THE BIRTH-DAY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE EAST INDIES ()
ON THE FATE OF CAPTAIN G***** ()
ON THE ST BERNARD'S CANARY BIRDS ()
ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE ()
ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN ()
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A SONG ()
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THE STRUGGLE ()
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TO MR ***** ()
THE TOOTH ()
THE TWA DOWS ()
THE VILLAIN's SOLILOQUY ()
WORDS OF COURSE ()
WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE AT BRAID ()
WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE OF BRAID ()
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