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THE PLAY by ALFRED TENNYSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: ACT FIRST, THIS EARTH, A STAGE SO GLOOM'D WITH WOE
Last Line: IN SOME FIFTH ACT WHAT THIS WILD DRAMA MEANS.
Subject(s): LIFE; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS;
ACT first, this Earth, a stage so gloom'd with woe
You all but sicken at the shifting scenes.
And yet be patient. Our Playwright may show
In some fifth act what this wild Drama means.





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