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1792–1822

FRAGMENT: A TALE UNTOLD.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

One sung of thee who left the tale untold, Like the false dawns which perish in the bursting; Like empty cups of wrought and daedal gold, Which mock the lips with air, when they are thirsting.

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FRAGMENT: A TALE UNTOLD. · Percy Bysshe Shelley · Poetry Cove