English poem
Fragment: 'Alas! This Is Not What I Thought Life Was'
Alas! this is not what I thought life was. I knew that there were crimes and evil men, Misery and hate; nor did I hope to pass Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen. In mine own heart I saw as in a glass The hearts of others ... And when I went among my kind, with triple brass Of calm endurance my weak breast I armed, To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woful mass!
More by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Fragment. Adapted From The Vita Nuova Of Dante.
- Fragment: "Amor Aeternus"
- Fragment: "Igniculus Desiderii"
- Fragment: 'A Gentle Story of Two Lovers Young'
- Fragment: 'And That I Walk Thus Proudly Crowned'
- Fragment: 'Great Spirit'.
- Fragment: 'I Faint, I Perish With My Love!'
- Fragment: 'I Stood upon a Heaven-Cleaving Turret'