Adonais, Stanza XXXII
Adonais, Stanza XXXII
Percy Bysshe Shelley
A pard-like Spirit beautiful and swift--
A love in desolation masked--a power
Girt round with weakness; it can scarce uplift
The weight of the superincumbent hour.
It is a dying lamp, a falling shower,
A breaking billow;--even whilst we speak
Is it not broken? On the withering flower
The killing sun smiles brightly: on a cheek
The life can burn in blood even while the heart may break.
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Complete stanza text. Source edition: Project Gutenberg #10119.
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