Arts & Sciences
The Play
From Demeter and Other Poems (1889)
Arts & Sciences
ACT first, this Earth, a stage so gloom'd with woe
You all but sicken at the shifting scenes.
And yet be patient. Our Playwright may show
In some fifth Act what this wild Drama means.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “The Play.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/432/.
Chicago
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “The Play.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/432/.
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