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THE LAGGARD POET (TO WILLIAM WATSON), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis said of thee - as 't were a virtue rare!
Last Line: Thou spendthrift of a priceless fortnight lost!
Subject(s): Watson, William (1858-1935)


'T IS said of thee -- as 't were a virtue rare! --
That thou, first seeing, like fair rose on vine,
Her than the bluebell and the rose more fair,
But half a moon let pass ere she was thine.

Thou caitiff knight! What one of Arthur's clan
E'er had his love at such amazing cost?
Call thyself laggard, but no longer man --
Thou spendthrift of a priceless fortnight lost!





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