In Horologium

Percy Bysshe Shelley· 1792 – 1822· English

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In Horologium

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Inter marmoreas Leonorae pendula colles

Fortunata nimis Machina dicit horas.

Quas MANIBUS premit illa duas insensa papillas

Cur mihi sit DIGITO tangere, amata, nefas?

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