ON SHAKESPEARE
N the beginning, the theatre silent, kings came Ironcoated, murderous, dealing in battle and intrigue; The fat man thwarted them, giving not a fig ~ For valour or virtue, and still they won the game. Lovers trooped in through forest and moonlit garden With clowns and guitars, wine and witty speech, The garlanded cytherean barque at the beach Awaited them. Then the sky began to darken, In the walking wood the statues spouted blood, The bride lay strangled in the bridal-room, Giant forms arose brooding above the flood, Until he in a final miracle from the tom» Raised the lost children, and the stage became a sea
Of music waters and eternity.
M.K.
J.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 718, 17 April 1953, Page 6
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115ON SHAKESPEARE New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 718, 17 April 1953, Page 6
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