Dramatic poem · 1853

A Life-Drama

In Thirteen Scenes

by Alexander Smith

The poem that made Smith’s name: the story of the young poet Walter, his ambition, loves and disillusion, told in blank verse and lyric in thirteen scenes.

Contents · 13 parts

• Scene Iabout 110 lines
• Scene IIabout 530 lines
• Scene IIIabout 160 lines
• Scene IVabout 600 lines
• Scene V92 lines
• Scene VIabout 340 lines
• Scene VIIabout 160 lines
• Scene VIIIabout 440 lines
• Scene IXabout 260 lines
• Scene Xabout 140 lines
• Scene XI64 lines
• Scene XIIabout 120 lines
• Scene XIIIabout 220 lines

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