In Horologium

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)



Inter marmoreas Leonorae pendula colles
Fortunata mmis Machina dicit horas.
Quas manibus premit ilia duas insensa papillas
Cur mihi sit digito tangere, amata, nefas?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 170
Words 26
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. more…

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  • seans.42382
    "mmis" should be emended to nimis, "ilia" to illa
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