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THE TALE UNTOLD by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONE SUNG OF THEE WHO LEFT THE TALE UNTOLD
Last Line: WHICH MOCK THE LIPS WITH AIR, WHEN THEY ARE THIRSTING.

ONE sung of thee who left the tale untold,
Like the false dawns which perish in the bursting;
Like empty cups of wrought and daedal gold,
Which mock the lips with air, when they are thirsting.



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