Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.

And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last.

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Marston is a writer of great merit, who rose to tragedy from the ground of comedy, and whose forte was not sympathy, either with the stronger or softer emotion…