A poor old king, with sorrow for my crown,
Throned upon straw, and mantled with the wind-
For pity, my own tears have made me blind
That I might never see my children's frown;
And, may be, madness, like a friend, has thrown
A folded fillet over my dark mind,
So that unkindly speech may sound for kind-
Albeit I know not.-I am childish grown-
And have not gold to purchase wit withal-
I that have once maintain'd most royal state-
A very bankrupt now that may not call
My child, my child-all beggar'd save in tears,
Wherewith I daily weep an old man's fate,
Foolish-and blind-and overcome with years!
Lear
Thomas Hood
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