ALAS, how soon the hours are over <br />Counted us out to play the lover! <br />And how much narrower is the stage <br />Allotted us to play the sage! <br />But when we play the fool, how wide <br />The theatre expands! beside, <br />How long the audience sits before us! <br />How many prompters! what a chorus!<br /><br />Walter Savage Landor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/plays/
