XVII

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

And at the utmost point... stood there

The relics of a reed-inwoven cot,

Thatched with broad flags. An outlawed murderer

Had lived seven days there: the pursuit was hot

When he was cold. The birds that were his grave

Fell dead after their feast in Vado's wave.

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