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Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley


Stanza, Written At Bracknell


Thy dewy looks sink in my breast;
     Thy gentle words stir poison there;
Thou hast disturbed the only rest
     That was the portion of despair!
Subdued to Duty’s hard control,
     I could have borne my wayward lot:
The chains that bind this ruined soul
     Had cankered then—but crushed it not. 

March, 1814

Percy Bysshe Shelley


Percy Bysshe Shelley's other poems:
  1. The Fitful Alternations of the Rain
  2. Homer's Hymn to Minerva
  3. Letter To Maria Gisborne
  4. Wine Of The Fairies
  5. From the Arabic, an Imitation


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