113 — To R. C. Dallas

February 12, 1809.

Excuse

the trouble, but I have added two lines which are necessary to complete the poetical character of Lord Carlisle

..........in his age
His scenes alone had damn'd our singing stage;
But Managers for once cried, "hold, enough!"
Nor drugg'd their audience with the tragic stuff!

Yours, etc.,

B.

Footnote 1:

See

ibid

., lines 733-736. Another letter, written February 15, 1809, runs as follows:—

"I wish you much to call on me, about One, not later, if convenient, as I have some thirty or forty lines for addition.

Believe me, etc.,

B."

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