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AFTER READING TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT (1), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Yon page being closed, my shakespeare's let me
Last Line: And vast curves of the gradual violin!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Dramatists; Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593); Plays & Playwrights; Tamerlane (1336-1404); Timure (1336-144); Tamberlaine (1336-144)


YON page being closed, my Shakespeare's let me ope.
How welcome -- after gong and cymbal's din --
The continuity, the long slow slope
And vast curves of the gradual violin!





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