Poem by Vachel Lindsay

Shakespeare

Would that in body and spirit Shakespeare came 
Visible emperor of the deeds of Time, 
With Justice still the genius of his rhyme, 
Giving each man his due, each passion grace, 
Impartial as the rain from Heaven’s face 
Or sunshine from the heaven-enthroned sun. 
Sweet Swan of Avon, come to us again. 
Teach us to write, and writing, to be men.

1. To Reformers in Despair
2. The Master of the Dance
3. Sweet Briars of the Stairways
4. The Leaden-Eyed
5. The Haughty Snail-King

Henry Longfellow Shakespeare ("A vision as of crowded city streets")

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