A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Collins, John
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, Tomorrow, beginning "In the downhill of life when I find I'm declining," characterised by Palgrave as "a truly noble poem."