Fragment: A Roman's Chamber

[Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition.]



1.
In the cave which wild weeds cover
Wait for thine aethereal lover;
For the pallid moon is waning,
O'er the spiral cypress hanging
And the moon no cloud is staining.                                   _5
2.
It was once a Roman's chamber,
Where he kept his darkest revels,
And the wild weeds twine and clamber;
It was then a chasm for devils.