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CYNICUS TO W. SHAKESPEARE by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN

First Line: YOU WROTE A LINE TOO MUCH, MY SAGE
Last Line: AND ONLY ALL THE WOMEN PLAYERS.
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);

YOU wrote a line too much, my sage,
Of seers the first, and first of sayers;
For only half the world's a stage,
And only all the women players.



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