Arts & Sciences

Shakespeare

by Vachel Lindsay 1879–1931

From General William Booth Enters into Heaven, and Other Poems (1913)

Arts & Sciences

Would that in body and spirit Shakespeare came
Visible emperor of the deeds of Time,
With Justice still the genius of his rhyme,
Giving each man his due, each passion grace,
Impartial as the rain from Heaven's face
Or sunshine from the heaven-enthroned sun.
Sweet Swan of Avon, come to us again.
Teach us to write, and writing, to be men.

MLA

Lindsay, Vachel. “Shakespeare.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/32/.

Chicago

Lindsay, Vachel. “Shakespeare.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/32/.

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