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by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Translation

In the calm darkness of the
Language: English  after the English 
In the calm darkness of the
moonless nights,
the snows descend.

Sonno e morte, schlaf und tod.
(Sleep and death)

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  • a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), no title, appears in Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni, no. 5
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
  • by Judith Bingham (b. 1952), "Gleams of a remoter world", 1997. [chorus]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-16
Line count: 5
Word count: 20

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