Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITTLE THEATRE, by GWENDOLEN HASTE


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THE LITTLE THEATRE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They coaxed him from his barren lonely claim
Last Line: He's locked with life and fate at elsinore.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hennessey, Martin Douglas, Mrs
Subject(s): Actors & Actresses; Theater & Theaters; Actresses; Stage Life


They coaxed him from his barren lonely claim
And taught him how to stride across the stage,
And how to whisper love, and how to rage,
And how to smile in treachery's cold game.
He felt the mounting glory of his fame
When in the simple eyes beyond the beam
Of lanterns he could see the answering gleam
Of that which in his soul was living flame.

Now though the hail has stripped his acres bare
He watches but the gold of Rosalind's hair.
The prairie can be withered by the drouth
He only yearns for Juliet's young mouth;
And while the blizzard hammers at his door
He's locked with life and fate at Elsinore.





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