"Plays": Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)
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x / | x / | x / | x / x Alas, how soon the hours are over, / x | x / | x / | x / x Counted us out to play the lover! x / | / / |x x (/)| x / And how much narrower is the stage x / |x / | x / | x / Allotted us to play the sage! x / | x / | x / | x / But when we play the fool, how wide x /|x(/)| x / | x / The theater expands; beside, x / | x / |x x / | x / x How long the audience sits before us! x /|x / | x / |x / x How many prompters! What a chorus!