English poem
EPILOGUE TO THE FAIRY TALE, Spoken by Miss HOPKINS in the Character of the Fairy Page, at Drury Lane Theatre…
by George Colman (1732–1794)
Ladies, behold a Female Page! I've been Six Months upon the Stage, And am almost Five Years of Age. To-night Papa, Mama, thought fit To send me, at their Benefit, To thank the Galleries, Boxes, Pit. Me in this habit oft you've seen, Train-bearer to the Fairy Queen: 'Tis power all our sex bewitches; And I'm resolv'd to wear the breeches. At present, as you see full well, I am an Actress in the Shell: But by-and-by, a tender Chicken, You'll find me,—very pretty picking.
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