Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO - (5), by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

TO - (5), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: When passion's trance is overpast
Last Line: And form all others, life and love.


I

WHEN passion's trance is overpast,
If tenderness and truth could last,
Or live, whilst all wild feelings keep
Some mortal slumber, dark and deep,
I should not weep, I should not weep!

II

It were enough to feel, to see
Thy soft eyes gazing tenderly,
And dream the rest -- and burn and be
The secret food of fires unseen,
Couldst thou but be as thou hast been.

III

After the slumber of the year
The woodland violets reappear;
All things revive in field or grove,
And sky and sea, but two, which move
And form all others, life and love.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net