III
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Lines: 'When the lamp is shattered'
When hearts have once mingled
Love first leaves the well-built nest;
The weak one is singled
To endure what it once possessed.
O Love! who bewailest
The frailty of all things here
Why choose you the frailest
For your cradle, your home, and your bier?