'The viewless and invisible consequence'

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

The viewless and invisible Consequence

Watches thy goings-out, and comings-in,

And... hovers o'er thy guilty sleep,

Unveiling every new-born deed, and thoughts

More ghastly than those deeds—

#conscience #existential dread #guilt #percy bysshe shelley

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