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Shelley, Percy Bysshe - From To a Lady with a Guitar
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001702
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From To a Lady with a Guitar – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poor Ariel sends this silent token
Of more than ever can be spoken;
Your guardian spirit, Ariel, who
From life to life must still pursue
Your happiness, for thus alone
Can Ariel ever find his own....
When you die, the silent Moon
In her interlunar swoon
Is not sadder in her cell
Than deserted Ariel;
When you live again in earth,
Like an unseen star of birth
Ariel guides you o'er the sea
Of life from your nativity....
From you he only dares to crave
For his service and his sorrow
A smile today, a song tomorrow