A Roman's Chamber

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

I

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.

II

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.

#ancient rome #decay #moon #percy bysshe shelley #ruins

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