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Fragment: 'A Gentle Story of Two Lovers Young'

Percy Bysshe Shelley·1792–1822
Lines:10Movement:Romanticism
A gentle story of two lovers young,Who met in innocence and died in sorrow,And of one selfish heart, whose rancour clungLike curses on them; are ye slow to borrowThe lore of truth from such a tale?Or in this world's deserted vale,Do ye not see a star of gladnessPierce the shadows of its sadness,--When ye are cold, that love is a light sentFrom Heaven, which none shall quench, to cheer the innocent?