To Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
The speaker recalls hidden anguish relieved by the beloved's soothing words and trembling kiss. Still unhappy and troubled by doubt and fear, the speaker asks that reserve, censure, and a mask of scorn not deprive them of the solace their love provides.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 376 words
First lines
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Mine eyes were dim with tears unshed; / Yes, I was firm-thus wert not thou; - / My baffled looks did fear yet dread / To meet thy looks-I could not know / How anxiously they sought to shine / With soothing pity upon mine.
Genres
- Love Poetry — The speaker addresses a beloved whose words and kiss relieve pain, then pleads against the concealment of love.
- Lyric Poetry — Six rhymed stanzas present the speaker's grief, remembered consolation, and fear of losing the beloved's affection.
Tags
love · concealed grief · consolation · kissing · fear of rejection
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Love Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 376 words
- Structure: 1 section, 12 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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