Love

O Mary dear, that you were here

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792–1822

From Poems of 1818

Love

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!’

MLA

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “O Mary dear, that you were here.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/24/.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “O Mary dear, that you were here.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/24/.

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