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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SHAKESPEARE AND VOLTAIRE, by THOMAS HOLCROFT Poet's Biography First Line: Clad in the wealthy robes his genius wrought Last Line: Safely the gentle shakespeare slept and smiled. Subject(s): Dramatists; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Dramatists | |||
CLAD in the wealthy robes his genius wrought, In happy dreams was gentle Shakespeare laid; His pleased soul wandering through the realms of thought, While all his elves and fairies round him played. Voltaire approached: straight fled the quaint-eyed band, For envious breath such sprites may not endure; He pilfered many a gem with trembling hand, Then stabbed and stabbed, to make the theft secure. Ungrateful man! But vain thy black design, Th' attempt, and not the deed, thy hand defiled; Preserved by his own charms and spells divine, Safely the gentle Shakespeare slept and smiled. | 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 FOOL'S SONG by THOMAS HOLCROFT |
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