Love
A gentle story of two lovers young
From Poems of 1819
Love
A gentle story of two lovers young,
Who met in innocence and died in sorrow,
And of one selfish heart, whose rancour clung
Like curses on them; are ye slow to borrow
The lore of truth from such a tale?
Or in this world’s deserted vale,
Do ye not see a star of gladness
Pierce the shadows of its sadness,—
When ye are cold, that love is a light sent
From Heaven, which none shall quench, to cheer the innocent?
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MLA
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “A gentle story of two lovers young.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/51/.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “A gentle story of two lovers young.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/51/.
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