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ANTONY AT ACTIUM by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE HOLDS A DUBIOUS BALANCE: - YET THAT SCALE
Last Line: ONE COUNTERPOISING KISS.
Subject(s): ANTONY, MARC (83-30 B.C.); MARCUS ANTONIUS; ANTHONY, MARK;

HE holds a dubious balance: yet @3that@1 scale,
Whose freight the world is, surely shall prevail?
No; Cleopatra droppeth into @3this@1
One counterpoising kiss.



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