Percy Bysshe Shelley

Aug. 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822

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Song. (What is the gain of restless care ...)

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.

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.
 

Other Works

TimeTo Harriet (Thy look of love ...)LibertyLove The Universe To-dayThe Birth Of PleasureMutability (The flower that smiles to-day...)Feelings Of A Republican On The Fall Of BonaparteWake The Serpent NotA gentle story of two lovers young...Wine Of The FairiesRainThe Indian SerenadeA Lament (Swifter far than summer's flight)The IsleTo One Singing (A Fragment)DeathFragment: To The MoonThe Ode To HeavenThe Death Knell Is Ringing...Passage Of The Apennines.