The Complete Poetical Works of Shelley including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems Edited with textual notes by Thomas Hutchinson |
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FRAGMENT: ‘ALAS! THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT LIFE WAS’
Alas! this is not what I thought life was.I knew that there were crimes and evil men,
Misery and hate; nor did I hope to pass
Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen.
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The hearts of others [OMITTED] And when
I went among my kind, with triple brass
Of calm endurance my weak breast I armed,
To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woful mass!
| The Complete Poetical Works of Shelley including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems | |