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THE POETRY OF SHAKESPEARE by GEORGE MEREDITH

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First Line: PICTURE SOME ISLE SMILING GREEN 'MID THE WHITE-FOAMING OCEAN
Last Line: LIFE IN ALL SHAPES, AIMS, AND FATES, IS THERE WARM'D BY ONE GREAT HUMAN HEART.
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);
PICTURE some Isle smiling green 'mid the white-foaming ocean; --
Full of old woods, leafy wisdoms, and frolicsome fays;
Passions and pageants; sweet love singing bird-like above it;
Life in all shapes, aims, and fates, is there warm'd by one great human heart.



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