Oh the glory! Oh the spectacle!
Egyptian barge – Egyptian queen,
Cleopatra on the water –
claim her man and never falter,
Elizabeth and Richard seen,
passion grown fanatical.
What an actor! Vocal resonance!
Well set for taming wifely shrew:
looking later back in anger,
from his life could never ban her,
twice bonded love turned black and blue,
found through drink some saving essence.
Greatest actor? Great in screen heroics –
same intonation, Burton pride,
famous in the world of movies,
gathered list of playing trophies,
but broken on the crucial side
searching love without the stoics.
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