. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... To Misery. I. OME, be happy ! — sit near Misery:Coy, unwilling, silent in thy robe of pride, Desolation — deified ! II. Come, be happy ! — sit near me: Sad as I may seem to thee, I am happier far than thou. Lady, whose imperial brow Is endiademed with woe. III. Misery ! we have known each a sister and a brother 69 Poems Written in i8i8 Living in the same lone home,Many years — we must live someHours or ages yet to come. IV. Tis an evil lot, and yet Let us make the best of it; If love can live when plea


. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... To Misery. I. OME, be happy ! — sit near Misery:Coy, unwilling, silent in thy robe of pride, Desolation — deified ! II. Come, be happy ! — sit near me: Sad as I may seem to thee, I am happier far than thou. Lady, whose imperial brow Is endiademed with woe. III. Misery ! we have known each a sister and a brother 69 Poems Written in i8i8 Living in the same lone home,Many years — we must live someHours or ages yet to come. IV. Tis an evil lot, and yet Let us make the best of it; If love can live when pleasure dies, We two will love, till in our eyes This hearts Hell seem Paradise. V. Come, be happy ! — lie thee downOn the fresh grass newly mown,Where the Grasshopper doth singMerrily — one joyous thingIn a world of sorrowing ! VI. There our tent shall be the willow,And thine arm shall be my pillow;Sounds and odours sorrowful 70 To Misery Because they once were sweet, shall lullUs to slumber, deep and dull. VII. Ha ! thy frozen pulses flutter Wit


Size: 1601px × 1560px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookauthorshelleyp, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1904