Living
Plays
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
How soon, alas, the hours are over.
Counted us out to play the lover!
And how much narrower is the stage,
Allotted us to play the sage!
But when we play the fool, how wide
The theatre expands; beside,
How long the audience sits before us!
How many prompters! what a chorus!
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Plays.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/812/.
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