One word is too often profaned
Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on 4 August 1792 in Warnham, West Sussex, England, and he died on 8 July 1822 in Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy), at the age of 29.
A poet, dramatist, and essayist, Shelley was a radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views. He did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets.
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One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it; One hope is too like despair For prudence to smother, And pity from thee more dear Than that from another.
I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not, — The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow?