When Juliet from her balcony Waved the white wonder of her hand, Or bright Miranda of the sea Allured him to her mystic strand; When Queen Titania and her sprites Invited him to fairy play, When Falstaff called him forth o' nights, -- Did Shakespeare tell Anne Hathaway? No doubt when Hamlet summoned him To parleyings of life or death, When stark Othello sternly grim Entreated him with torrid breath, Or even when wise Portia spoke Her firm judicial yea and nay, The poet then his silence broke And Shakespeare told Anne Hathaway. But ah, when sweet Cordelia wept, And Rosalind paced the forest aisle, When Hermia in the woodland slept And Cleopatra wove her guile; And most when bold Petruchio Compelled his consort to obey And bend her haughty humors low, -- Did Shakespeare tell Anne Hathaway? |