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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

William Watson 1858–1935

Epigrams. II. The Play of “King Lear”

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HERE Love the slain with Love the slayer lies;

Deep drowned are both in the same sunless pool.

Up from its depths that mirror thundering skies

Bubbles the wan mirth of the mirthless Fool.