Living
To a Poet
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Living
Time, the extortioner, from richest beauty
Takes heavy toll and wrings rapacious duty.
Austere of feature if thou carve thy rhyme,
Perchance 'twill pay the lesser tax to Time.
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MLA
Watson, William. “To a Poet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/98/.
Chicago
Watson, William. “To a Poet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/98/.
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