Poetry & Verse
Melody to a Scene of Former Times
By Percy Bysshe ShelleySource: Percy Bysshe Shelley - PoetryDB (Public Domain)253 words
Art thou indeed forever gone, Forever, ever, lost to me? Must this poor bosom beat alone, Or beat at all, if not for thee? Ah!...
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Art thou indeed forever gone, Forever, ever, lost to me? Must this poor bosom beat alone, Or beat at all, if not for thee? Ah! why was love to mortals given, To lift them to the height of Heaven, Or dash them to the depths of Hell? Yet I do not reproach thee, dear! Ah, no! the agonies that swell This panting breast, this frenzied brain, Might wake my --'s slumb'ring tear.…
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