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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 GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HEREDITY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE RHODORA: ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER? by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND by HENRY FIELDING THE ARROW AND THE SONG by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW COUNTER-ATTACK by SIEGFRIED SASSOON |
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