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."
