Living
The Metropolitan Underground Railway
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Living
Here were a goodly place wherein to die;--
Grown latterly to sudden change averse,
All violent contrasts fain avoid would I
On passing from this world into a worse.
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MLA
Watson, William. “The Metropolitan Underground Railway.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/105/.
Chicago
Watson, William. “The Metropolitan Underground Railway.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/105/.
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