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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ACTOR, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography
First Line: Night after night a mimic death he died
Last Line: No teardrop fell from any mourner's eye.
Subject(s): Actors & Actresses; Death; Mourning; Dead, The; Bereavement
First Line: Night after night a mimic death he died
Last Line: No teardrop fell from any mourner's eye.
Subject(s): Actors & Actresses; Death; Mourning; Dead, The; Bereavement
NIGHT after night a mimic death he died,
While sympathetic thousands wept and sighed;
But when at last he came in truth to die,
No teardrop fell from any mourner's eye.
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