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THE DINNER-PARTY.
ohnny R * * *72 gave a dinner last night,
The best I have tasted this season;
The wine and the wit sparkled bright,
’Twas a frolic of soul and of reason.
For the guests there was Cooper73 and Kean;74
Bishop Hobart75 and Alderman Brasher,76
Buchanan,77 that foe to the Queen,
And Sherred the painter and glazier.
The beef had been warm, it is true,
But when we sat down it was colder;
The wine when we entered was new;
When we drank it, ’twas six hours older.
Mr. Kean, by-the-way, he’s no dunce;
His plate was so often repeating,
I thought he’d a genius at once
Not only for acting but eating.
Mr. Cooper, a sensible man,
Talked much of his scheme of rebuilding
The theatre on a new plan,
With fantastical carving and gilding.
