STANZA, WRITTEN AT BRACKNELL.
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Composed March, 1814. Published in Hogg's "Life of Shelley", 1858.] Thy dewy looks sink in my breast;Thy gentle words stir poison there;Thou hast disturbed the only restThat was the portion of despair!Subdued to Duty's hard control, _5I could have borne my wayward lot:The chains that bind this ruined soulHad cankered then--but crushed it not. ***
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