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The Viewless And Invisible Consequence

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The viewless and invisible Consequence
Watches thy goings-out, and comings-in,
And...hovers o'er thy guilty sleep,
Unveiling every new-born deed, and thoughts
More ghastly than those deeds--




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