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347. One Word is too Often Profaned by Percy Bysshe Shelley
347. One Word is too Often Profaned by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Sep 29, 2008
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PB Shelley read by Classic Poetry Aloud:
http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/
Giving voice to the poetry of the past.
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One Word is too Often Profaned
by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822)
One word is too often profaned
For me to profane it,
One feeling too falsely disdain'd
For thee to disdain it.
One hope is too like despair
For prudence to smother,
And pity from thee more dear
Than that from another.
I can give not what men call love;
But wilt thou accept not
The worship the heart lifts above
And the Heavens reject not:
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
From the sphere of our sorrow?
First aired: 29 October 2007
For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.
Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2008
http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/
Giving voice to the poetry of the past.
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One Word is too Often Profaned
by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822)
One word is too often profaned
For me to profane it,
One feeling too falsely disdain'd
For thee to disdain it.
One hope is too like despair
For prudence to smother,
And pity from thee more dear
Than that from another.
I can give not what men call love;
But wilt thou accept not
The worship the heart lifts above
And the Heavens reject not:
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
From the sphere of our sorrow?
First aired: 29 October 2007
For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.
Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud 2008
Released:
Sep 29, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
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