I wonder what's my value out of livery!
But here comes humble little Cinderella ( R.);
I feel I love her--let's see, shall I tell her?
[_Enter_ CINDERELLA.
_Cin._--I've taken up the coffee, not too soon,
And made all tidy for the afternoon.
I think--
_Prince_--What do you think, you little gipsy?
_Cin._--I think the Prince and Pa are getting tipsy.
_Prince_--Well, darling, here I am again you see.
_Cin._--You don't mean you were waiting here for me?
_Prince_--Yes, but I was though; and can't you guess why?
_Cin._--You thought that I popp'd out upon the sly?
_Prince_--I have a secret for you--I'm in love!
_Cin._--(_dolefully_) Who with?
_Prince._--With you--fact! There's my hand and glove--
Do you return my passion and forgive me?
_Cin._--I never do return what people give me.
_Prince._--Then keep my heart!
_Cin._--Mine kicks up such a bobbery,
I'll give it you; exchange, you know, 's no robbery.
_Prince_--We'll wed next week--a house I'll see about.
_Cin._--I'd go with you--but I've no Sunday out."
Beaumont and Fletcher, did I say? Rather Ovid and Tibullus. What a
beautiful picture of innocence is conveyed in that suggestive line--
"You thought that I popp'd out upon the sly!"
It is too natural for fiction. It must be a reminiscence of departed
bliss--a sigh wafted from the street-door of a furnished lodging-house
in Bloomsbury, when our authors plied the bistoury at Guy's. Bogle, if
you ever should be in love, take a lesson from these great masters, and
your suit is sure to prosper. Not a serving-maid in the Saltmarket but
must yield to such fervid and impassioned eloquence.
Talking of songs, I shall just give you the interesting ditty with which
this excellent extravaganza concludes. There is fine moral in it, which
will do well to lay to heart.
"CINDERELLA _sings_.
When lords shall fall before my throne,
And dare not call their souls their own
On my slippery path, lest I should fall,
I'll think on the COAL-HOLE, and sing so small--
With my slipper so fine.
Tra-la, Tra-la!
GORGEOUS TABLEAU.
[_Curtain falls._"
Yes! there can be little doubt that, after all the Coal-hole _is_ their
genuine Aganippe.
Would you like to have a slight specimen of Planche, by way of change?
It is not fair to give an entire monopoly to Messrs Taylor and Smith,
however eminent th
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