Religion
Song from the Wandering Jew
From Complete Poetical Works, Oxford ed. Hutchinson (1914)
Religion
See yon opening flower
Spreads its fragrance to the blast;
It fades within an hour,
Its decay is pale—is fast.
Paler is yon maiden;
Faster is her heart’s decay;
Deep with sorrow laden,
She sinks in death away.
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Codex Note
Published 1847.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Song from the Wandering Jew.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/301/.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Song from the Wandering Jew.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/301/.
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