Book: The Beggar's Opera BEGGAR. If Poverty be a Title to Poetry, I am sure no-body can dispute mine. I own myself of the Company of Beggars; and I make one at their Weekly Festivals at St. Giles's. I have a small Yearly Salary for my Catches, and am welcome to a Dinner there whenever I please, which is more than most Poets can say. PLAYER. As we live by the Muses, it is but Gratitude in us to encourage Poetical Merit wherever we find it. The Muses, contrary to all other Ladies, pay no Distinction to Dress, and never partially mistake the Pertness of Embroidery for Wit, nor the Modesty of Want for Dulness. Be the Author who he will, we push his Play as far as it will go. So (though you are in Want) I wish you success heartily.
Details of Book: The Beggar's Opera Book: The Beggar's Opera
Author: John Gay
ISBN: 1421809656
ISBN-13: 9781421809656
, 978-1421809656
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 20022006
Publisher: 1st World Library
Number of Pages: 108
Language: English