JOHN COLLINS BIOGRAPHY
JOHN COLLINS BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
COLLINS, JOHN ( d. 1808). —Actor and writer, was a staymaker, but took to the stage, on which he was fairly successful. He also gave humorous entertainments and pub. Scripscrapologia , a book of verses. He is worthy of mention for the little piece, To-morrow , beginning "In the downhill of life when I find I'm declining," characterised by Palgrave as "a truly noble poem."