Living
The statue--Buonarroti said--doth wait
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Living
The statue--Buonarroti said--doth wait,
Thrall'd in the block, for me to emancipate.
The poem--saith the poet--wanders free
Till I betray it to captivity.
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MLA
Watson, William. “The statue--Buonarroti said--doth wait.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/61/.
Chicago
Watson, William. “The statue--Buonarroti said--doth wait.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/61/.
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