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1792–1822

FRAGMENT: A ROMAN'S CHAMBER.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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.

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