The fierce beasts of the woods and wildernesses
Track not the steps of him who drinks of it;
For the light breezes, which for ever fleet
Around its margin, heap the sand thereon.
Classic poem
Fragment: The Lake's Margin
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- The fierce beasts of the woods and wildernesses
- Poet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Themes
- nature, love, hope
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