Where man's profane and tainting hand
Nature's primaeval 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.
Classic poem
Farewell to North Devon
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- Where man's profane and tainting hand
- Poet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Themes
- nature, love, death, faith
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