Salvini in America + 

Come, gentlemen⁠—your gold. + 

Thanks; welcome to the show, + 

To hear a story told + 

In words you do not know. + 

Now, great Salvini, rise + 

And thunder through your tears! + 

Aha! friends, let your eyes + 

Interpret to your ears. + 

Gods! ’tis a goodly game. + 

Observe his stride⁠—how grand! + 

When legs like his declaim + 

Who can misunderstand? + 

See how that arm goes round. + 

It says, as plain as day: + 

“I love,” “The lost is found,” + 

“Well met, sir,” or, “Away!” + 

And mark the drawing down + 

Of brows. How accurate + 

The language of that frown: + 

Pain, gentlemen⁠—or hate. + 

Those of the critic trade + 

Swear it is all as clear + 

As if his tongue were made + 

To fit an English ear. + 

Hear that Italian phrase! + 

Greek to your sense, ’tis true; + 

But shrug, expression, gaze⁠— + 

Well, they are Grecian too. + 

But it is Art! God wot + 

Art’s tongue to all is known. + 

Faith! he to whom ’twere not + 

Would better hold his own. + 

Shakespeare says act and word + 

Should match together true. + 

For what you’ve seen and heard, + 

How can you doubt they do? + 

Enchanting drama! Mark + 

The crowd “from pit to dome”; + 

One box alone is dark⁠— + 

The prompter stays at home. + 

Stupendous artist! You + 

Are lord of joy and woe: + 

We thrill if you say “Boo,” + 

And thrill if you say “Bo.” + 