Saturday, January 28, 2017

Matthew Arnold's Merope - poem

Lawrence Hall
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Matthew Arnold’s Merope

If she had swung that axe, our Merope,
Her son Aepytus would be dead, you see
And that would have shortened the play, the plot –
But since he lives it still drones on – a lot!

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