Although a curtain of the salt sea-mist
May fall between the actor and our eyes –
Although he change, for dear and softer skies,
These that the Spring has yet but coyly kist –
Although the voice to which we loved to list
Fail ere the thunder of our plaudits dies –
Although he part from us in gracious wise,
With grateful Memory left his eulogist-
His best is with us still.
His perfect art
Has held us ‘twixt a heart-throb and a tear-
Cheating our souls to passionate belief:
And in his greatness we have now some part-
We have been courtiers of the crownless Lear,
And partners in Othello’s mighty grief.
(Henry Cuyler Bunner)
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