Isaac Pocock

Isaac Pocock (2 March 1782 – 23 August 1835) was an English dramatist and painter of portraits and historical subjects. He wrote melodramas, farces and light operatic comedies, many being stage adaptations of existing novels. Of his 40 or so works, the most successful was Hit and Miss (1810), a musical farce.

Quotes

• Oh! say not woman's heart is bought
  With vain and empty treasure.
  * * * * *
  Deep in her heart the passion glows;
  She loves and loves forever.
  • "Song", in The Heir of Veroni (1817)

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Isaac Pocock on Wikipedia