. The complete works of Percy Bysshe Shelley .... 196. Fragment: Alas! This IsNot What I ThoughtLife Was IM^S LAS ! this is not what I thought m^^ life was. ^^jp I knew that there were crimes and ^^^M evil men. Misery and hate; nor did I hope to passUntouched by suffering, through the rugged mine own heart I saw as in a glassThe hearts of others And when I went among my kind, with triple brassOf calm endurance my weak breast I armed,To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woful mass ! Perhaps in continuation of the first poem on page 278, andso forming a sonnet. — Ed. 197

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