IV

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Lines: 'When the lamp is shattered'

      Its passions will rock thee

As the storms rock the ravens on high;

      Bright reason will mock thee,

Like the sun from a wintry sky.

      From thy nest every rafter

Will rot, and thine eagle home

            Leave thee naked to laughter,

When leaves fall and cold winds come.

#disillusionment #existential dread #impermanence #mortality #nature indifference #percy bysshe shelley

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