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To the Moon [fragment]
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing Heaven, and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth, –
And ever changing, like a joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?
About this poem
“To the Moon [fragment]” was published in “Posthumous Poems” (W. M. Rossetti, 1824).
About Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on Aug. 4, 1792, at Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, England. His collections of poetry include “Original Poetry” (C. and W. Phillips, 1810) and “Hellas: A Lyrical Drama” (Charles and James Ollier, 1822). He died on July 8, 1822.
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This poem is in the public domain. Originally published in Poem-a-Day, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
