XXXII.
Pausing at a poster in a glass frame,
I caught the name of the play, I could barely read it,
& quot;X. Y. Z." - Saturday program,
October the twelfth, today, so it is.,
Then 'Les Bergers Fous,' followed by a drama
`Manon Lescaut, ' in Leone for the first time.
It'll probably look funny
And in large letters colorful just -
& quot;Mademoiselle Esther, Muse of Melancholy",
It seemed bliss had a brilliant resume,
All those comedies have a funny story,
All invited - come all.
& nbsp; As if by notice, act it in & quot;Manon"
& nbsp; in honor of infinity three days last it.
XXXII
I had stopped to read a handbill of the play,
Caught by the lettering. Thus it was I read,
`Program of this night's pieces, Saturday
The twentieth of October, ' X. Y. Z.,'
A piece in one act, and `Les Bergers Fous,'
These to be followed by the well-known `drama'
Of `Manon Lescaut,' here brought out anew
For the first time at Lyons."And a name
Followed in giant type of one who then
Illustrious stood in all the world of folly,
The most sublime Comedian known to men,
"Mademoiselle Esther, Muse of Melancholy."
She in her part of Manon, so ' twas writ,
Three nights would play in honor infinite.