Love
O Mary dear, that you were here
From Poems of 1818
O Mary dear, that you were here
With your brown eyes bright and clear.
And your sweet voice, like a bird
Singing love to its lone mate
In the ivy bower disconsolate;
Voice the sweetest ever heard!
And your brow more...
Than the ... sky
Of this azure Italy.
Mary dear, come to me soon,
I am not well whilst thou art far;
As sunset to the sphered moon,
As twilight to the western star,
Thou, beloved, art to me.
O Mary dear, that you were here;
The Castle echo whispers ‘Here!’
Cite this poem
MLA
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “O Mary dear, that you were here.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/24/.
Chicago
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “O Mary dear, that you were here.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/24/.
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