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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CYNICUS TO W. SHAKESPEARE, by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN Poet's Biography
First Line: You wrote a line too much, my sage
Last Line: And only all the women players.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K.
Subject(s): Dramatists; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
First Line: You wrote a line too much, my sage
Last Line: And only all the women players.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K.
Subject(s): Dramatists; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
YOU wrote a line too much, my sage,
Of seers the first, and first of sayers;
For only half the world's a stage,
And only all the women players.
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