X

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of To the Lord Chancellor

By the false cant which on their innocent lips

Must hang like poison on an opening bloom,

By the dark creeds which cover with eclipse

Their pathway from the cradle to the tomb—

#existential dread #loss of innocence #percy bysshe shelley #religious hypocrisy

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