Life's Mask
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Which was the true philosopher ?—the sage
Who to the sorrows and the crimes of life
Gave tears —or he who laughed at all he saw?
Such mockery is bitter, and yet just:
And Heaven well knows the cause there is to weep.
Methinks that life is what the actor is —
Outside there is the quaint and gibing mask ;
Beneath, the pale and careworn countenance.
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on June 10, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 347 |
Words | 66 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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