Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SARGENT'S PORTRAIT OF EDWIN BOOTH AT THE PLAYERS, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That face which no man ever saw Last Line: The gentle prince of players wore! Subject(s): Booth, Edwin (1833-1893); Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) | ||||||||
THAT face which no man ever saw And from his memory banished quite, With eyes in which are Hamlet's awe And Cardinal Richelieu's subtle light Looks from this frame. A master's hand Has set the master-player here, In the fair temple that he planned Not for himself. To us most dear This image of him! "It was thus He looked; such pallor touched his cheek; With that same grace he greeted us -- Nay, 't is the man, could it but speak!" Sad words that shall be said some day -- Far fall the day! O cruel Time, Whose breath sweeps mortal things away, Spare long this image of his prime, That others standing in the place Where, save as ghosts, we come no more, May know what sweet majestic face The gentle Prince of Players wore! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CAPTAIN OF SONG (ON A PORTRAIT OF COVENTRY PATMORE BY J.S. SARGENT) by FRANCIS THOMPSON SARGENT'S PORTRAIT OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT by MARGARET RIDGELY PARTRIDGE AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH APPRECIATION by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BABY BELL by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BEFORE THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BY THE POTOMAC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FREDERICKSBURG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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