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12 Then who shall say so good a fellow

Was only "leather and prunella?"

For character—he did not lack it;

And if he did, 'twere shame to "Black-it." Malta, May 16, 1811. [First published, Lord Byron's Works, 1832, ix. 10.]

ON MOORE'S LAST OPERATIC FARCE, OR FARCICAL OPERA.

[R. C. DALLAS.]

! wisdom shines in all his mien,

Which would so captivate, I ween,

Wisdom's own goddess Pallas;