Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DESERTS OF SLEEP, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY



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First Line: I went into the deserts of dim sleep
Last Line: Bounds this with its recesses wide and deep.
Subject(s): Sleep


I WENT into the deserts of dim sleep --
That world which, like an unknown wilderness,
Bounds this with its recesses wide and deep.





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