Classic and Contemporary Poetry
J.B. (JUNE 7, 1880), by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The actor's dead, and the memory alone Last Line: And that is fame! Subject(s): Actors & Actresses; Actresses | ||||||||
THE Actor's dead, and memory alone Recalls the genial magic of his tone; Marble nor canvas nor the printed page Shall tell his genius to another age: A memory, doomed to dwindle less and less, His world-wide fame shrinks to this littleness. Yet if, a half a century from to-day, A tender smile about our old lips play, And if our grandchild query whence it came, We'll say: "A thought of Brougham." -- And that is Fame! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOVIE STAR IN THE PROJECTION ROOM by EVE MERRIAM DO YOU WANT TO BE EXCELLENT AN ACTRESS NO NOT THAT EITHER by ALICE NOTLEY HOMAGE TO SHARON STONE (1) by LYNN EMANUEL HOMAGE TO SHARON STONE (2) by LYNN EMANUEL POST-MODERNISM by JAMES GALVIN FILM AND FLESH by CLARENCE MAJOR MOVIE STAR PETER AT THE SUPPER FOR STREET PEOPLE by DAVID FERRY BALLADE OF DEAD ACTORS by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY THE CHAPERON by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |
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