He was a prince, a born prince
The model for youth, but so tragic
The delight of the world, but a failure
Such is goethe's estimate, of Hamlets charactor
Some regard the picture, as too flattering
Hamlet says of himself, to ophelia
Self depreciation probable ironical
Born to the bitterness of self approach
For wasn't he a beautiful, pure and noble
And most moraly blessed soul
Written Tuesday May 2005
Allan James Saywell
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/weakness-of-hamlet/
