Percy Bysshe Shelley

Aug. 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822

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A Tale Untold

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fragment

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.

Published 1839, 2nd Edition.

Source:

The Lyrics and Shorter Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Copyright 1907, reprinted 1913
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd.
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co.
 

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