Living
Antony at Actium
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Living
He holds a dubious balance:--yet that scale,
Whose freight the world is, surely shall prevail?
No; Cleopatra droppeth into this
One counterpoising orient sultry kiss.
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Watson, William. “Antony at Actium.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/92/.
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Watson, William. “Antony at Actium.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/92/.
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