V
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Lines written during the Castlereagh Administration
Ay, marry thy ghastly wife!
Let Fear and Disquiet and Strife
Spread thy couch in the chamber of Life!
Marry Ruin, thou Tyrant! and Hell be thy guide
To the bed of the bride!