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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLILOQUY, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: I am a player, on the stage? Not so Last Line: May god himself approve my curtain speech! Subject(s): Actors & Actresses; Death; God; Life; Plays & Playwrights ; Sleep; Actresses; Dead, The; Dramatists | |||
I AM a Player. On the stage? Not so; But on the life-stage where I come and go, Rehearse, play ill or well, then doff my mask To rest, and then resume my curious task Of being many, though I am but one. I wonder if, when all the parts are done, The lights go off, the house is emptied quite, And I must step into the outer night, The stars will calm me, and a cooling breath Comfort my body, . . . on the way to death? . . . Meanwhile, the prompter's bell! His task to each. May God himself approve my curtain speech! | 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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