The Complete Poetical Works of Shelley including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems Edited with textual notes by Thomas Hutchinson |
The Complete Poetical Works of Shelley including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems | ||
DEATH
I
Death is here and death is there,Death is busy everywhere,
All around, within, beneath,
Above is death—and we are death.
II
Death has set his mark and sealOn all we are and all we feel,
On all we know and all we fear, [OMITTED]
III
First our pleasures die—and thenOur hopes, and then our fears—and when
These are dead, the debt is due,
Dust claims dust—and we die too.
IV
All things that we love and cherish,Like ourselves must fade and perish;
Such is our rude mortal lot—
Love itself would, did they not.
The Complete Poetical Works of Shelley including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems | ||