by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)

To Mary Shelley
Language: English 
The world is dreary,
And I am weary
Of wandering on without thee, Mary;
A joy was erewhile
In thy voice and thy smile,
And 'tis gone, when I should be gone too, Mary.

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