XIV

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

By all the hate which checks a father's love—

By all the scorn which kills a father's care—

By those most impious hands which dared remove

Nature's high bounds—by thee—and by despair—

#despair #existential dread #family conflict #fatherhood #hate #percy bysshe shelley

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