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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER THE PLAY, by BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON Poet's Biography First Line: Mid the tawdry purple and tinsel bright Last Line: The king's but a beggar after the play. | |||
MID the tawdry purple and tinsel bright, With a mimic crowd bowing low at his feet, In crown and sceptre of gilt bedight, And a poor robe falling in fold and pleat, He stalks on the stage and takes a seat. Ah, well, let him prosper while he may: The curtain's soon down, for the hours are fleet, And the king's but a beggar after the play. In his borrowed plumage, poor, shallow cheat, He struts the stage with a strange conceit; But let him prosper while he may, The king's but a beggar after the play. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTERWARDS by BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON THE PEACE MESSAGE by BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON MIDNIGHT-BY THE OPEN WINDOW by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE CREATION (A NEGRO SERMON) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON PARADISE LOST: BOOK 1 by JOHN MILTON IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 104 by ALFRED TENNYSON DOOMSDAY: TREASURES IN HEAVEN by WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1567-1640) TASTE, AN EPISTLE TO A YOUNG CRITIC by JOHN ARMSTRONG A MOTHER'S HEART by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER TWELVE SONNETS: 11. FIRST, BATTLE; THEN, WOMAN by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HYMEN AND CUPID - MARRIAGE AND LOVE by APHRA BEHN |
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