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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A ROMAN'S CHAMBER, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: In the cave which wild weeds cover
Last Line: It was then a chasm for devils.
Subject(s): Rome, Italy
First Line: In the cave which wild weeds cover
Last Line: It was then a chasm for devils.
Subject(s): Rome, Italy
I
IN the cave which wild weeds cover
Wait for thine ethereal lover;
For the pallid moon is waning,
O'er the spiral cypress hanging,
And the moon no cloud is staining.
II
It was once a Roman's chamber, --
And the wild weeds twine and clamber,
Where he kept his darkest revels;
It was then a chasm for devils.
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