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EPIGRAM: THE PLAY OF 'KING LEAR' by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE LOVE THE SLAIN WITH LOVE THE SLAYER LIES
Last Line: BUBBLES THE WAN MIRTH OF THE MIRTHLESS FOOL.
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);

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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