XVI

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

I curse thee—though I hate thee not.—O slave!

If thou couldst quench the earth-consuming Hell

Of which thou art a daemon, on thy grave

This curse should be a blessing. Fare thee well!

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