Charicles: A Dramatic Poem. by the Author of Lyteria.

Excerpt from Charicles: A Dramatic Poem

Most of the incidents, as will be seen by a reference to the note at the close of the volume, are to be found in the histo rians already mentioned. A slight dramatic license has been taken in their arrangement and amplification.

The characters of Tiberius and his successor are intended to be consistent with their historical representation - the for mer having, as we are assured, something of the scholar and the poet mingled with the voluptuary, the tyrant, and the atheist; and the latter screening at times his detestable qual ties under a crafty pretence of modesty and moderation.

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