XXXVII.
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LINES ON MRS. KEMBLE.
[The poet wrote these lines in Mrs. Riddel’s box in the Dumfries Theatre, in the winter of 1794: he was much moved by Mrs. Kemble’s noble and pathetic acting.]
Kemble, thou cur’st my unbelief Of Moses and his rod; At Yarico’s sweet notes of grief The rock with tears had flow’d.