Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SHAKESPEARE, by RICHARD EDWIN DAY First Line: Thou, who didst lay all other bosoms bare Last Line: Thou art, thyself, thy one unopened book. Subject(s): Dramatists; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Dramatists | ||||||||
THOU, who didst lay all other bosoms bare, Impenetrable shade didst round thee throw, And of the ready tears thou makest flow, Monarch of tears, thou hast not any share. Sad Petrarch, sadder Byron their despair Unlocked, their dismal theatres of woe Unclosed: thou showest Hamlet, Romeo, And maddened Lear, with tempest on his hair. Hadst thou no suffering men's tears could suage? No comedy of thine own life, shut in? No lurid tragedy -- perhaps of sin -- That walked with muffled steps its curtained stage? Confession troubles ne'er thy godlike look; Thou art, thyself, thy one unopened book. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL THE SEVEN ARTS by ROBERT FROST TO RICHARD R. WRIGHT - INSTRUCTOR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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