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TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume4SONNETTOMATHEWWOOD,ESQ.

sonnettomathewwood,esq.

aldermanandm.p.

(1820)

holdonthycourseuncheck'd,heroicwood!

regardlesswhattheplayer'ssonmayprate,

saintstephens'fool,thezanyofdebate—

whonothinggenerouseverunderstood.

london'stwicepraetor!scornthefool-bornjest—

thestage'sscum,andrefuseoftheplayers—

staletopicsagainstmagistratesandmayors—

cityandcountryboththyworthattest.

bidhimleaveoffhisshallowetonwit,

morefittosooththesuperficialear

ofdrunkenpitt,andthatpickpocketpeer,

whenattheirsottishorgiestheydidsit,

hatchingmadcounselsfrominflatedvein,

tillengland,andthenations,reeledwithpain.