Love
To William Shelley (Thy little footsteps on…)
From Complete Poetical Works, Oxford ed. Hutchinson (1914)
Love
Thy little footsteps on the sands
Of a remote and lonely shore;
The twinkling of thine infant hands,
Where now the worm will feed no more;
Thy mingled look of love and glee
When we returned to gaze on thee—
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
Written 1819. Published 1839.
Cite this poem
MLA
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “To William Shelley (Thy little footsteps on…).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/176/.
Chicago
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “To William Shelley (Thy little footsteps on…).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/176/.
Read this poem with the Codex →