Living
The Play of "King Lear"
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Living
Here Love the slain with Love the slayer lies;
Deep drown'd are both in the same sunless pool.
Up from its depths that mirror thundering skies
Bubbles the wan mirth of the mirthless Fool.
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MLA
Watson, William. “The Play of "King Lear".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/97/.
Chicago
Watson, William. “The Play of "King Lear".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/97/.
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