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Fragment: A Roman's Chamber

By Percy Bysshe ShelleySource: Percy Bysshe Shelley - PoetryDB (Public Domain)48 words

In the cave which wild weeds cover

Wait for thine aethereal lover;

For the pallid moon is waning,

O'er the spiral cypress hanging

And the moon no cloud is staining.

It was once a Roman's chamber,

Where he kept his darkest revels,

And the wild weeds twine and clamber;

It was then a chasm for devils.

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