Mythology & Folklore

Fragment: A Roman’s Chamber

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792–1822

From Poems of 1819

Mythology & Folklore

In the cave which wild weeds cover
Wait for thine aethereal lover;
For the pallid moon is waning,
O’er the spiral cypress hanging
And the moon no cloud is staining.

It was once a Roman’s chamber,
Where he kept his darkest revels,
And the wild weeds twine and clamber;
It was then a chasm for devils.

MLA

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Fragment: A Roman’s Chamber.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/58/.

Chicago

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Fragment: A Roman’s Chamber.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/58/.

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