A Dirge (Shelley)

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A Dirge by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824.

A DIRGE. Rough wind, that moanest loud Grief too sad for song; Wild wind, when sullen cloud Knells all the night long; Sad storm whose tears are vain, Bare woods, whose branches strain, Deep caves and dreary main,— Wail, for the world's wrong! <1822>

Notes

Line 6: "strain" — "stain" in edition 1824.

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