A Tale Untold

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

One sung of thee who left the tale untold,

Like the false dawns which perish in the bursting;

Like empty cups of wrought and daedal gold,

Which mock the lips with air, when they are thirsting.

#disillusionment #emptiness #existential longing #false promises #percy bysshe shelley

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