Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON W.S., by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB First Line: Shakespeare the boy with fairies in his head! Last Line: And most himself beneath the stratford thatch. Subject(s): Dramatists; England; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); English | ||||||||
Shakespeare the boy with fairies in his head! Shakespeare the youth grown up with hedgerow flowers! Shakespeare the manbut who shall sum the powers By genius gendered and by London fed? His kind his day-book there, read and re-read; His lore the tavern's reckoning or the Tower's Grim placard: doom's dictation or the hour's All, all approvingly interpreted. Mirthful or mournful as should suit his fable, Too near to nature for unmixed decorum, For every motion of life's masque a match; Of the world's friends none so companionable, Well met at court, in camp, chepe, forest, forum, And most himself beneath the Stratford thatch. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS STAYING UP FOR ENGLAND by LIAM RECTOR STONE AND FLOWER by KENNETH REXROTH THE HANGED MAN by KENNETH REXROTH ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT by JOHN UPDIKE AMONG THE LAKES by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB AN EPITAPH (AFTER THE GREEK EPIGRAMS) by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB |
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