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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER THE PLAY, by BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON Poet's Biography First Line: Mid the tawdry purple and tinsel bright Last Line: The king's but a beggar after the play. | |||
MID the tawdry purple and tinsel bright, With a mimic crowd bowing low at his feet, In crown and sceptre of gilt bedight, And a poor robe falling in fold and pleat, He stalks on the stage and takes a seat. Ah, well, let him prosper while he may: The curtain's soon down, for the hours are fleet, And the king's but a beggar after the play. In his borrowed plumage, poor, shallow cheat, He struts the stage with a strange conceit; But let him prosper while he may, The king's but a beggar after the play. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTERWARDS by BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON THE PEACE MESSAGE by BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON COMPANIONS; A TALE OF A GRANDFATHER by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE HEATHEN PASS-EE by ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON THE MORAL FABLES: THE SHEEP AND THE DOG by AESOP I'D BE A BUTTERFLY by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY AFFINITES: 3 by MATHILDE BLIND AN AEOLIAN HARP by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY BABEL FALLS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH I THINK I KNOW NO FINER THINGS THAN DOGS by HALLY CARRINGTON BRENT |
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