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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRAGMENT: AMOR AETERNUS, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Wealth and dominion fade into the mass
Last Line: All that frail stuff which will be -- or which was.
Subject(s): Life Change Events; Love
First Line: Wealth and dominion fade into the mass
Last Line: All that frail stuff which will be -- or which was.
Subject(s): Life Change Events; Love
WEALTH and dominion fade into the mass
Of the great sea of human right and wrong,
When once from our possession they must pass;
But love, though misdirected, is among
The things which are immortal, and surpass
All that frail stuff which will be -- or which was.
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