Percy Bysshe Shelley

Aug. 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822

 

The Death Knell Is Ringing...

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fragment

The death knell is ringing
The raven is singing
The earth worm is creeping
The mourners are weeping
Ding, dong, bell. ...

Published 1903.

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.