Event Comment: Paid
Wilford for 10 nights Renters Money #100 (Account Book). [Duly noted in Account Book as third night for
the comedy, but no indication of any fee to
the author on this occasion.
The following verse tribute to
Miss Wilford appeared this day in
the Public Advertiser: @"Strike
the loud Harp and raise
the tuneful Song;@On all your wings, Wind, bear her Fame along!@Her eyes are rolling suns, which dart a ray,@Bright as
the splendor of a Summer Day;@Her arms are as
the foam of Ocean white,@Like waves her Breasts heave slowly to
the sight.@Her breath is sweeter than
the vernal gale,@Which Zephyr wafts o'er Tempe's flowry vale;@Her cheaks are painted only by that hand@Which scatters roses through
the blooming land;@And every ringlet of her glossy hair@Is trusted to some Love's peculiar care.@Her speech
the songs of o
ther Nymphs excels,@And on her lips persuasion blushing dwells;@Her smiles are as
the streaming pow'rs of Light,@Which cheer and gild
the rugged Front of Night.@To
the quick Pipe and Tabor's lively sounds,@High as
the Hind or Mountain Roe, she bounds;@And if to solemn Notes
the cadence flow,@Stately she moves, majestically slow.@Deaf
the prais'd ear-yet Modesty must own@
The Female Archer by
these Marks is known."@
Miss Wilford was
the Female Archer.] Receipts: #151 13s. 6d.(Account Book)