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Percy Shelley

Percy Shelley

Fragment: A Gentle Story of Two Lovers Young

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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ONE word is too often profaned    For me to profane it; One feeling too falsely disdain’d    For thee to disdain it; One hope is too like despair
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