That sometimes murmur'd overhead,

And sometimes underground;

Within that shady Avenue

Where lofty Elms abound.

[LEAR.]

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