Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Original Poetry of Victor and Cazire

IV. Come [Harriet]!...
V. Despair
VI. Sorrow
VII. Hope
VIII. What is the gain of restless care ...
IX. Grasp the dire dagger...
X. The Irishman's Song
XI. Fierce roars the midnight storm...
XII. Sweet is the moonbeam...
XIII. Stern is the voice of fate's fearful command
XV. Revenge
XVII. The Triumph of Conscience

VIII. What is the gain of restless care ...

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

Translated From The Italian.

Oh! what is the gain of restless care,
And what is ambitious treasure?
And what are the joys that the modish share,
In their sickly haunts of pleasure?

My husband's repast with delight I spread,
What though 'tis but rustic fare,
May each guardian angel protect his shed,
May contentment and quiet be there.

And may I support my husband's years,
May I soothe his dying pain,
And then may I dry my fast falling tears,
And meet him in Heaven again.

July, 1810.

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The Lyrics and Shorter Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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