V

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Hymn of Apollo

I stand at noon upon the peak of Heaven,

Then with unwilling steps I wander down

Into the clouds of the Atlantic even;

For grief that I depart they weep and frown:

What look is more delightful than the smile

With which I soothe them from the western isle?

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