XX

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Marianne's Dream

And as she looked, still lovelier grew

Those marble forms;—the sculptor sure

Was a strong spirit, and the hue

Of his own mind did there endure

After the touch, whose power had braided

Such grace, was in some sad change faded.

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