III

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of To Sophia (Miss Stacey)

If, whatever face thou paintest

In those eyes, grows pale with pleasure,

If the fainting soul is faintest

When it hears thy harp's wild measure,

Wonder not that when thou speakest

Of the weak my heart is weakest.

#emotional vulnerability #passionate longing #percy bysshe shelley #unrequited love

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