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RNYG.779.019
13 Jan 1779:31 (239)
New-York, January 13. Prologue.
ON OPENING THE THEATRE ROYAL AT NEW-YORK,
January 9, 1779.
Well--somebody must foremost shew his face;
Sure, modesty's no virtue in this place,
And bashfulness with soldiers were disgrace:
But soft--you are, 'tis true, a hardy band,
'Gainst whom we players have to make our stand:
Too well accoutred for the dire assault,
Unerring marksmen at an actor's fault.
Inclin'd as skill'd to brandish satire's dart,
Unarmed we appear in ev'ry part--
And least of all protected at the heart:
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