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THE VINE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: FLOURISHING VINE, WHOSE KINDLING CLUSTERS GLOW
Last Line: THE ROTTING BONES OF DEAD ANTIQUITY.
Subject(s): VINES AND VINEYARDS;

FLOURISHING vine, whose kindling clusters glow
Beneath the autumnal sun, none taste of thee;
For thou dost shroud a ruin, and below
The rotting bones of dead antiquity.



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