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FRAGMENT OF A SONNET. FAREWELL TO NORTH DEVON by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHERE MAN'S PROFANE AND TAINTING HAND
Last Line: THAT LOAD IN GRANDEUR CAMBRIA'S EMERALD VALES.
Subject(s): CAMBRIA, WALES; FAREWELL; PARTING;

Where man's profane and tainting hand
Nature's primeval loveliness has marred,
And some few souls of the high bliss debarred
Which else obey her powerful command;
... mountain piles
That load in grandeur Cambria's emerald vales.



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