Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SHAKSPERE'S WILL (SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON), by HORACE SPENCER FISKE


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SHAKSPERE'S WILL (SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON), by                    
First Line: I sought through shakspere's city far and wide
Last Line: More precious grown than mine of golden ore.
Subject(s): Dramatists; London; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Dramatists


I sought through Shakspere's city far and wide,
For Shakspere -- empty quest for any trace,
In London's labyrinth where interlace
The currents of the world, of that full tide
Of love and life called Shakspere. There abide
No cherished shrines to which the human race
May make its loving pilgrimage; the face
Of Bankside strange hath grown, and Southwark's pride
Lies leveled in the dust. Yet last of all,
Upon the Thames, deep down 'neath barred door,
I saw a tattered testament -- men call
It his -- and stranger than all ancient lore
I read the doubtful name amid the scrawl --
More precious grown than mine of golden ore.





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