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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIR MARTIN MAR-ALL, OR THE FEIGNED INNOCENCE: EPILOGUE, by JOHN DRYDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As country vicars, when the sermon's done Last Line: As he tells all things when the year is past. Subject(s): Fortune; Plays & Playwrights ; Sermons; Dramatists | |||
As country Vicars, when the Sermon's done, Run hudling to the Benediction; Well knowing, though the better sort may stay, The Vulgar Rout will run unblesst away: So we, when once our Play is done, make haste With a short Epilogue to close your taste. In thus withdrawing, we seem mannerly; But, when the Curtain's down we peep and see A Jury of the Wits, who still stay late, And in their Club decree the poor Plays fate; Their Verdict back is to the Boxes brought, Thence all the Town pronounces it their thought. Thus, Gallants, we like Lilly can foresee; But if you ask us what our doom will be, We by to morrow will our Fortune cast, As he tells all things when the Year is past. | 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 A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY by JOHN DRYDEN A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING by JOHN DRYDEN |
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