Interpretation

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2><SPAN name="link2H_4_0067" id="link2H_4_0067"></SPAN> AN INTERPRETATION</h2> <p> Now Lonergan appears upon the boards,<br/> And Truth and Error sheathe their lingual swords.<br/> No more in wordy warfare to engage,<br/> The commentators bow before the stage,<br/> And bookworms, militant for ages past,<br/> Confess their equal foolishness at last,<br/> Reread their Shakspeare in the newer light<br/> And swear the meaning's obvious to sight.<br/> For centuries the question has been hot:<br/> Was Hamlet crazy, or was Hamlet not?<br/> Now, Lonergan's illuminating art<br/> Reveals the truth of the disputed "part,"<br/> And shows to all the critics of the earth<br/> That Hamlet was an idiot from birth!<br/></p> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />