Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHAKESPEARE READS THE KING JAMES VERSION, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Now, by our lady, here is master speech! Last Line: "and pluck a heedless world anew from hell!" Subject(s): Bible; Books; Dramatists; God; James I, King Of England (1566-1625); Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Reading; Dramatists | ||||||||
"NOW, by our Lady, here is master speech! I swear such language is beyond my reach, Though I (quoth Ben) have skill to marshal words And make them peal like trumpets, lute like birds. But here is marvel passing Ben or me, Our Lord come down to earth, in verity. "Old Tyndale wrought full well, and I have read These long, long years his Book by board and bed And blessed him for it; but this Book of James Writes up in gold the hundred gloried names Of them who took from Hebrew or from Greek The Word of God or of His Jesus meek. "I'll to the tavern, o'er a stoup of wine Con once again this Treasure, line by line; The old, dear Gospel I have loved full well So fashioned, it shall cast a faery spell And pluck a heedless world anew from Hell!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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