Shakespeare House

Shakespeare, you were born there At that house, O you, the writer dramas, Tragedies, comedies, tragi-comedies And historical plays, Shakespeare The writer of sonnets, You were born there! The house is still, but times not, Have flown away, Memories lying blurred With regard to your portrait And biography, Shakespeare, O you, the great writer of The Merchant of Venice, Tempest, As You Like It, Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Julius Caesar, King Lear! Shakespeare, you were born at Henley Street, Stratford-upon Avon, Warwickshire, But tell you personally, How could you manage to write World-famous dramas, Did you ever intend to be a dramatist Or were you an actor Who took to composition for audience sake Marking the taste just as a drama company artiste?