ACTTHEFOURTH

actthefourth

scene.—anapartmentinwoodvilhall.

johnwoodvil(alone)

aweightofwineliesheavyonmyhead,

theunconcoctedfolliesoflastnight.

nowallthosejovialfancies,andbrighthopes,

childrenofwine,goofflikedreams.

thissickvertigohere

preachethoftemperance,nosermonbetter.

theseblackthoughts,anddullmelancholy,

thatsticklikeburrstothebrain,willtheyne'erleaveme?

somemenarefullofcholer,whentheyaredrunk;

somebrawlofmatterforeigntothemselves;

andsome,themostresolvedfoolsofall,

havetoldtheirdearestsecretsintheircups.