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Poems Of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Flight of Love, The

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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Flight of Love, The

When the lamp is shatter'd The light in the dust lies dead - When the cloud is scatter'd, The rainbow's glory is shed. When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remember'd not; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot.

As music and splendour Survive not the lamp and the lute, The heart's echoes render No song when the spirit is mute - No song but sad dirges, Like the wind through a ruin'd cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell.

When hearts have once mingled, Love first leaves the well - built nest; The weak one is ...

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