The Waning Moon

Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley

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And like a dying lady, lean and pale,
Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil,
Out of her chamber, led by the insane
And feeble wanderings of her fading brain,
The moon arose up in the murky east,
A white and shapeless mass.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley

1792 - 1822/Male/EnglishA poet in the Romantic era, Shelley wrote radical lyrical poetry about his political and social views.

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