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A Lament

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

O world! O life! O time!

On whose last steps I climb,

Trembling at that where I had stood before;

When will return the glory of your prime?

No more--Oh, never more!

Out of the day and night

A joy has taken flight;

Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar,

Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight

No more--Oh, never more!

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About this poem

First line
O world! O life! O time!
Poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Themes
nature, love, beauty, hope

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