Global Reputation

                                    Global Reputation        (23rd April: Shakespeare’s birth and death date)        Shakespeare — the verse and voice of English at its best;           Clear, confident and strong enough to bear […]

                                    Global Reputation

       (23rd April: Shakespeare’s birth and death date)

 

     Shakespeare — the verse and voice of English at its best;

          Clear, confident and strong enough to bear the stress

               Of tragedy, the pride of history, the depth

               Of plain philosophy ans light of comedy —

          Who from his hidden years distilled such essences

    Of wit and eloquent, sure sensibility

Of wisdom and felicity of thought,. as sent

His reputation ringing round the Globe’s extent.

 

     Where is our modern Shakespeare whose poetic skill

          In one phrase, (or an hundred!), can depict a scene

               Or draw a character, so fully true to life

               It prompts an universal accolade of praise?.

          There is none; and there cannot be till we re-learn

     Those simple, basic principles of art that he

Practised with understanding and intelligence

Beyond the comprehension of our insolence!.

 

Author: J. A. Bosworth

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